Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said that Austria will allocate 1 million euros to Ukraine for demining the Donbass.
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This was reported on the minister's Twitter.
Freue mich über heutigen Beschluss im #Ministerrat, insgesamt 1Mio EUR für Entminungsprojekte des #IKRK in #Ostukraine bereit zu stellen.1/2
- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) 7th of June 2017
“I am pleased with today’s decision of the Council on its readiness to allocate a total of 1 million euros for demining the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross - ed.) in eastern Ukraine,” the minister said on Twitter.
Let us remind you that it was previously reported that demining Donbass will take decades. This was stated by Deputy Coordinator of OSCE Projects in Ukraine Jeffrey Ehrlich, DW reports.
“Humanitarian demining is a very thorough, complex and lengthy process. Based on the experience of other conflicts, it is clear that such mine clearance takes years, or even decades. For example, in Croatia, 20 years after the war, mine clearance is still ongoing,” he said.