There was held a meeting on the activities carried out since July, 2007 within the Projects “Establishing of the Aghstafa Regional Branch of the Azerbaijan Mine Victims Association and Directing its Activity” and “Establishing of the Fizuly Regional Branch and Directing the Activity of the Tartar Regional Branch of the Azerbaijan Mine Victims Association (AMVA)” at the Terter Regional Branch of the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF).
Ms. Deborah Netland, Grants Officer’s Representative (GOR), U.S. Department of State, Office of Weapons Removal, and Abatement (PM/WRA), Ms. Elise Becker, Representative of the Marshall Legacy Institute, Vidadi Gouliyev, Head of the Local Executive Power of Terter District, representatives of ANAMA, mass-media and members of the Terter Regional Branch of the Azerbaijan Mine Victims Association (AMVA), members of the new projects’ working staffs and members of the Training Group participated in the event.
Umud Mirzayev, Chairman of IEPF and Project Director stated that IEPF conducts projects on surveying the mine victims’ problems and settling them since 2000. The Fund implemented the Project “Establishing and Functioning of Mine Victims Association in Terter District of Azerbaijan” in 2006-2007 with the financial support of U.S. Department of State, PM/WRA and as a result of this project the IEPF constituted the Azerbaijan Mine Victims association (AMVA) and it was already registered. Later the participants were informed about the projects “Establishing of the Aghstafa Regional Branch of the Azerbaijan Mine Victims Association and Directing its Activity” and “Establishing of the Fizuly Regional Branch and Directing the Activity of the Tartar Regional Branch of the Azerbaijan Mine Victims Association (AMVA)” where the AMVA approved as a sub-grantee.
Mr. V. Isayev, Head of the Terter Local Executive Power participating in the action highly appreciated both the Government and IEPF, non-governmental organization’s support in resolving the mine victims’ problems not only in the region, but through out the country. Ms. D. Netland, GOR, U.S. Department of State, PM/WRA expressed her satisfaction on held activity dealing with mine victims problems. She noted that the U.S. Department of State always supports the settling process of mine victims’ problems all over the world as well as in Azerbaijan.