ARMENIA HOLDING ATOM 2008 EXERCISES WITH NATO SUPPORT

Interfax News Agency
July 17 2008
Russia

Armenia is currently holding the Atom 2008 command exercises, the
Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax.

"The main goal of these exercises is to check cooperation between
republican agencies in case of an event at the Armenian nuclear power
plant (NPP) and to draft an action plan of the protection of citizens
in case of a nuclear event," the ministry said.

This is the last phase of the crisis management program launched in
January 2008. It aims to coordinate actions of the Armenian Rescue
Service’s Crisis Management Center and the State Emergency Situations
Commission in case of an Armenian NPP event, the ministry said.