Tuesday, December 19 2023 16:07

ArmInfo. Director of the  Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Deputy Minister  of Internal Affairs of Armenia Kamo Tsutsulyan, at a meeting with  Hiroyuki Mori, Resident Representative, Georgia Office at Japan  International Cooperation Agency (JICA), highly appreciated the close  cooperation with JICA and thanked for the support for the  implementation of various projects.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of  Armenia, Kamo Tsutsulyan noted that since 2004, thanks to cooperation  with the Agency, many projects have been implemented aimed at  increasing the ability to withstand natural disasters. This includes  seismic risk assessment and management planning, landslide disaster  management, expansion of the technical capabilities of the service,  modernization of assets, exchange of experience and skills of  employees, development in which a large number of rescuers have  undergone professional training in Japan.

In turn, Mori Hiroyuki noted that the field of disaster prevention is  one of the Agency's target areas, and they expect to find new ways of  cooperation and continue work at a new level. He stressed that based  on the experience and lessons learned from recent catastrophic  earthquakes around the world, the Agency is currently reviewing its  working methods and plans to develop new approaches to countering  natural disasters. In particular, to formulate a new concept for  disaster prevention, which will make it possible to more effectively  confront current challenges and make it possible to save a large  number of lives during natural disasters.

Hiroyuki Mori informed that programs are currently being conducted  online to develop earthquake resistance skills at the community  level.

As a result of the discussions, the parties agreed to re-clarify the  scope of cooperation based on an assessment of the needs for  services.