ZELENI HRAST, June 19 (Hina) - Over 108,000 square metres in the Zadar hinterland (southern Croatia) have been cleared of mines by a British company DSL. The job of demining 108,714 square metres in the areas of Zeleni Hrast and Islam
Latinski cost one million kuna. The area, cleansed of mines, covers 80-metre-wide stretches from both sides along the Adriatic road's section between Zeleni Hrast and Zadar and a stretch along the Zeleni Hrast - Smilcic road. On Tuesday the Croatian De-Mining Centre's council chairman, Drazen Budisa, officially marked the completion of this job and expressed satisfaction that the combed areas could be used by local inhabitants. He added that Zadar County was one of the worst mine-infested counties. Areas believed to be planted by mines are about 120 square kilometres, and Budisa voiced satisfaction that this part of the demining was completed without injuries. An adviso
ZELENI HRAST, June 19 (Hina) - Over 108,000 square metres in the
Zadar hinterland (southern Croatia) have been cleared of mines by a
British company DSL.
The job of demining 108,714 square metres in the areas of Zeleni
Hrast and Islam Latinski cost one million kuna.
The area, cleansed of mines, covers 80-metre-wide stretches from
both sides along the Adriatic road's section between Zeleni Hrast
and Zadar and a stretch along the Zeleni Hrast - Smilcic road.
On Tuesday the Croatian De-Mining Centre's council chairman,
Drazen Budisa, officially marked the completion of this job and
expressed satisfaction that the combed areas could be used by local
inhabitants.
He added that Zadar County was one of the worst mine-infested
counties. Areas believed to be planted by mines are about 120 square
kilometres, and Budisa voiced satisfaction that this part of the
demining was completed without injuries.
An advisor in the Croatian Foreign Ministry, Dijana Plestina,
promised that the humanitarian demining in Zadar County would go
on, and some donations from California had been ensured for
demining of vineyards.
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