Lebanon & Tajikistan MAC's Exchange of Expertise Meeting

On the mid-March 2016, the LMAC received an International visit of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe- Tajikistan, and the Tajikistan Mine Action Center and the National Authority for Humanitarian Demining in Tajikistan in addition to a team from UNMAS. This visit aimed to interchange the experiences of both Lebanon and Tajikistan in the field humanitarian demining and express new ideas and suggestions that it might contribute to the progress of the clearance activities in both countries.

Consequently, the team visited different minefields in Southern Lebanon as well as the UNIFIL focal point where they have been briefed on the role of the peacekeeping forces in facilitating the process of humanitarian demining. At the end of this diplomatic visit, commemorative shields and symbolic gifts have been exchanged between the humanitarian mine action centers of both countries who expressed genuine desire to sustain an outstanding and remarkable cooperation in the fulfillment of demining objectives of both countries.