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Propellant Components Processing Enterprise Opened in Armenia
12.05.2006 20:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The last phase of the cooperation program between
the Ministry of Defense with the OSCE for utilization of components of
melange propellant finished in the opening of an enterprise for
processing the toxic substance to produce agricultural fertilizer in
Kaltakhchi village of Lori region of Armenia. When addressing the
opening ceremony Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan noted the
importance of the enterprise for environmental security of the country
and the region. «Today we witnessed productive work of the Armenian
Government with the OSCE,» Sargsyan said.
In his words, US, Germany, Canada, Finland and Russia were most active
in implementation of the program. Sargsyan thanked OSCE Office in
Yerevan head Vladimir Pryakhin and coordinator of melange processing
program Zhanna Kletser.
The Defense Minister underscored that mineral fertilizers produced
while processing will be granted to Armenian farmers for tillage of
badlands.
5200 tons of nitrous fertilizers will be produced from 872 tons of
melange. It is sufficient for 1300 hectares of land. The processing
cycle will complete August 7, 2007.