218 PEOPLE DISMISSED FROM DEPARTMENT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

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| 18:39:23 | 19-05-2005 | Politics |

Today the government approved the bill on a new department to deal
with emergency situations. Head of the department Edik Barseghyan
informed of some new clauses of the bill during today’s briefing.

The department for the emergency situations will be conveyed under
the competence of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and
will be reformed in a special rescue service. The rescuers will have
no social benefits and their minimal salary will make 35 thousand
drams. Totally about 218 employees were dismissed.

Edik Barseghyan also reported that 40 000 euros necessary for the
transportation of fire engines from France has been already transferred
and the vehicles will arrive in Armenia in the near future.