Quake response operation to be simulated in Moldova

An international exercise on liquidating the effects of a simulated earthquake will take place next fall in Moldova. The operation will be joined by specialists fromt he Black Sea Coast countries. The exercise was planned in Chisinau at a conference on Monday, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the head of the international relations of the Civil Protection amnd Emergencies Department of the Interior Ministry, Alexandru Oprea, the goal of the congerence was to jointly adopt procedures and standards of intervention in emergencies. Their practical application will be possible in the fall exercise. RExact strategies are necessary to ease the solution of possible catastrophes, while the exchange of experience is a way to cope with disasters, said the representative of the US Federal Agency for management of disasters, Marty Bahamonde.