MOSCOW, August 8. /TASS/. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry will help Syria restore the national system of reaction to emergencies and train humanitarian demining specialists, the ministry’s spokesman Alexander Nogin said at a meeting of the inter-departmental coordination center for the return of refugees to Syria.
"In accordance with instructions from the Russian president the Emergencies Ministry in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry is beginning preparations for multilateral development promotion projects in Syria jointly with international organizations concerned. These projects are geared to restoring Syria’s national system of response to emergencies and creating a logistics and training basis for the instruction of specialists in the prevention of emergencies and elimination of their effects," he said.
Also, there are plans for the training of Syria’s own humanitarian demining specialists in accordance with international standards and for briefing Syrian civilians on mine-related risks in the context of postwar reconstruction.