Armenia and Georgia exploring possibilities of expanding cooperation  in fight against natural disasters

ArmInfo. At the meeting with Charge d'Affaires of the Georgian Embassy in Armenia Irakli Kvanchakhadze, RA Minister of Emergency Situations Andranik Piloyan  pointed to the importance of active and mutually beneficial  cooperation between the two countries.

Taking into account the similarity of natural disasters that threaten  Armenia and Georgia, Piloyan stressed the importance of close  cooperation between the relevant structures in the field of emergency  situations, the basis for which was laid in 1997 by the Agreement on  Cooperation in the Prevention of Natural Disasters and Elimination of  Their Consequences. 

In turn, Irakli Kvanchakhadze thanked the RA Ministry of Emergency  Situations team for the assistance provided to Georgian partners in  2017 in extinguishing forest fires in the Kharagauli National Reserve  in Borjomi.

At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Emergency Situations  thanked the guests for the visit and expressed hope that the project  for expanding cooperation between the RA Ministry of Emergency  Situations and the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs will be  implemented in 2022-2023.