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Afghanistan
Japanese Politicians visited the Project Site
The Research Project for Developing Mine Clearance Related Equipment in Afghanistan (Fiscal Year 2003)
(1) Vice Foreign Minister's visit
Japanese Vice Foreign Minister, Mr. Ichiro Aisawa visited the project site on July 21st, 2004 and inspected the demonstration of Japanese mine demining machines transported to Afghanistan from Japan for this project.
The Minister discussed with participants about their equipment after watching the demonstrations of machines and demolitions of Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) from the control tower.
Mr. Aisawa, Japanese Vice Minister (left) saluted by demonstration participants and NGOs.
Mr. Aisawa in the container house of the site
Mine Demining Machines' demonstration
(2) Member of the House of Councilors' Visit
Mr. Yamaguchi (center), member of the House of Councilors visited CDS
A member of the Japanese House of Councilors, Mr. Natsuo Yamaguchi also visited Central Demolition Site (CDS) on August 28th 2004.
Basic Information of This Project
| Project Name | The Research Project for Developing Mine Clearance Related Equipment in Afghanistan |
| Date of Agreement between Governments | November 5th, 2003 |
| Grant Aid Amount | 646 million Japanese Yen |
| Client | Department of Mine Clearance (DMC), Department of Disaster Preparedness (DDP) of the Government of Afghanistan |
| Outline of the Project | Transporting 5 demining machines (4 manufacturers), 2 detecting machines (Hand-held type; 1 manufacturer and 1 institution) and 1 detecting machine (vehicle mounted type; 1 manufacture), which were selected by the selection committee, and implementing many kinds of tests and evaluating these equipment. Contents of the Tests (1) Demining Machines
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| JICS's Role | As an agent of DMC, DDP, JICS manages the project through related equipment tests’ coordination, budget control etc. |