In the frame of a long-lasting partnership established between the Governments of Armenia and the United States, the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), within the Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Security Cooperation Engagement Program, has donated Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) response equipment, worth over 1 million USD, to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of the Republic of Armenia (RA).
DTRA also provided training on the use of the CBRN response kits and the mass casualty decontamination kits. Trained professionals from the Ministry of Emergency Situations CBRN unit performed a short equipment use demonstration, observed by the RA MES Minister A. Pampukhchyan, Defense Attaché Colonel G. Pipes, Defense Threat Reduction Office Yerevan Chief Major M. Shields, Bilateral Affairs Officer Major M. Hayes, and other U.S. officials.
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Source: U.S. Embassy in Armenia