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GRANT TO ARMENIAN BORDER GUARDS FROM AMERICANS

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The U.S. Embassy's (EXBS) Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance Program granted eight vehicles to the Armenia's National Security Service Border Guards. "The Armenian Government has taken on the challenge of securing its borders, and the U.S. Embassy is proud to help with this important effort," U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Anthony F. Godfrey said today at an official ceremony in the Armenia's National Security Service Headquarters.

The vehicles include 3 NIVA’s, 2 LADA's and 3 Specialized All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV’s) for off-road patrolling.

Asked about assistance levels for this type of program in 2005, DCM Godfrey responded, "This is not the first border and customs grant we have undertaken, and it is certainly not the last. We have a budget of $1.3 million for this year, which will go toward both equipment transfer and training."

The Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance Program, administered by the Department of State and the U.S. Homeland Security Agency, has been operating in Armenia since 2000.

Last year, the EXBS Assistance Program initiated several construction projects to upgrade the Border Guards Port of Entry checkpoint facility at Bagratashen, Border Guards barracks at the Gogavan Port of Entry, and both Border Guard and Customs training facilities in Yerevan.