Albania to dispose of excess arms by 2014

 

Published: February 3, 2010

TIRANA , Albania (AP) — Albania's defense minister says the army will dispose of all excess arms and ammunition by 2014, with U.S. and NATO help.

Arben Imami says the operation will involve "the least possible danger."

A massive blast at a munitions disposal factory near the capital, Tirana, in 2008 killed 26 people and injured 300. Albania, a former communist country, joined NATO last year, an...


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