EU donates vehicles to BHMAC: 1.6 percent of BiH territory still mined

(Patria) - The European Union has donated 15 vehicles to the Mine Action Centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHMAC).

The handover of the vehicles is scheduled for today at 14:30 in front of the Centre building, Kasindolska 192, Sarajevo.

The vehicles, worth around 400,000 euros, were provided by the European Union under the project "EU Support for Strengthening Mine Action Capacities in Bosnia and Herzegovina." As part of this project, with a total value of 10 million euros, the European Union is financing the clearance of mine-suspected areas and the procurement of equipment necessary for conducting mine action activities of BHMAC and entity civil protection administrations.

Today, Adebayo Babajide, Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Enis Horozović, Director of BHMAC, and Mijo Pranjić, Chair of the Demining Commission and Advisor to the Minister of Civil Affairs of BiH, will address the audience.

Currently, about 1.6% of the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina is still affected by mines.