U.S. TRAINS SOUTHEASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ON EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND TERRORIST ATTACKS
AP Worldstream
Mar 14, 2006
U.S. Department of Defense launched Tuesday a training conference
with Southeastern European countries on how to respond emergency
situations and terrorist attacks, said Albanian Interior Ministry.
Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria were taking part at
the three-day conference organized by the Defense Department and the
Albanian Interior Ministry in Tirana. Serbia-Montenegro, Armenia and
Denmark were also participating as observers.
A joint exercise is shceduled to be held in Albania in May to practice
the procedures, according to a statement. In the exercise they will
improvise how to respond to flooding situations and terrorist acts
at a port.
The conference will discuss the organizational, technical and
practical elements of the exercise and the use of standards and
unified procedures on the use of the technique offered by the U.S.
Defense Department, said the statement.