ARMENIA PROPOSES TO FOUND REGIONAL SYSTEM OF SEISMIC MONITORING
Noyan Tapan
Mar 15 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The program of foundation of the
regional system of seismic monitoring proposed by Armenia arose great
interest at the NATO. Samvel Mkrtchian, the Permanent Representative
of Armenia to the NATO informed the journalists about it on March 14.
In his words, in this sphere Armenia got rather ahead of neighboring
countries. A corresponding center has already been founded in Garni, a
program has been worked out, a specially equiped underground laboratory
functions which implements that monitoring. S.Mkrtchian mentioned that
the program has already been presented to the NATO subdivision engaged
in issues of science and also discussed with Jean Fournet, the NATO
Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, who visited the RA
NAS Geology Institute during the NATO week being held in Yerevan.
In S.Mkrtchian’s opinion, adoption of the program will be a great
achievement in the sense of development of regional cooperation. He
also mentioned that Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan have cooperated
for years within the framework of another program, one on monitoring
of pollution of rivers having regional importance. The program is
implemented with the NATO assistance.