The exercises of rescuers from Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia in Grodno were successful - E. Bariev

September 9, Grodno / Tatyana Vishnevskaya - BELTA /. International exercises of rescuers from Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia in Grodno were successful. This was announced to journalists by the Minister of Emergency Situations of Belarus Enver Bariev, BELTA correspondent reports. All combat missions set by the departments of the three countries have been achieved. According to Enver Bariev, not only the actions of personnel, the operation of equipment, but also the system of informing the population, evacuation, distribution of transport and rescue equipment, interaction with medical institutions and emergency rescue units of the Belarusian Railways, with industrial enterprise personnel, and departments were worked out. Colleagues from Lithuania and Latvia worked out in real time the mechanism for simplified border crossing in case of emergencies. "This is a very important experience. According to our assessments, all stages of the exercise were successful," said Enver Bariev. The project "Strengthening Regional Capacity for Prevention and Response to Chemical Accidents with Transboundary Consequences in the Belarus-Latvia-Lithuania Region", within the framework of which the exercises were held, will be completed by the end of this year with the release of informational materials. These will be brochures with methodological recommendations, over 90 thousand leaflets, as well as 90 mobile stands with information on safe behavior in case of chemical accidents. The materials will be distributed in the Vitebsk and Grodno regions, as well as in Lithuania and Latvia. -0-