Peru's Defense Minister Jose Huerta received tools and equipment donated by German Embassy in Peru to support demining activities carried out in the Condor Mountain Range border with Ecuador.
"This donation reinforces the task undertaken by Peru —as part of the Ottawa Treaty— to have our territory free of antipersonnel landmines. Plus, it gives us the tools to keep working in the Condor Mountain Range," the minister affirmed.
The donation totals €71,182 (US$82,418). Part of the money has been allocated to the Peruvian Army's Directorate General of Humanitarian Demining (DIGEDEHUME), and the rest to the Foreign Affairs Ministry's Demining School.
The DIGEDEHUME received three dome tents to house the demining squads, seven water purifiers, and seven ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) kits.
Other donated items included four portable defibrillators, three solar energy generators, and nine GPS units.
On the other hand, the Demining School received three GPS units, 10 compasses, two CPR manikins, one distance measurer, five 50-meter measuring tapes, five 100-meter measuring tapes, one multimedia projector, and furniture.
The delivery took place at the Army headquarters in the presence of Army's Commander Generals Cesar Astudillo Salcedo and Director General for Multilateral and Global Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Marco Balarezo.
Peru signed the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and their Destruction (Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention), known as the Ottawa Treaty, on December 3, 1997.
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Published: 10/16/2018