Tirana, May 31, 2011 NOA – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Edmond Haxhinasto attended the International Symposium on “Strengthening Cooperation and Assistance for the Victims of Mines”. This Symposium is hosted by the Albanian Presidency of the 10th Conference of the Party States of the Convention on the Anti-Personnel Mines, in cooperation with the Implementation Support Unit (ISU)
The Attending the Symposium were Ambassadors and diplomats accredited in Tirana, experts from nearly 40 countries that are members of the said Convention and civil society representatives, who are working to assist the mine survivors and their families.
The Symposium started yesterday, with a visit in the Regional Hospital in Kukës to see the assistance provided by the Albanian Government for those wounded by the mines, in harmony with the National Plan of Action; it will continue for two days, with discourses by the participants on increasing the assistance for the mine survivors.
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