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Romanian Engineers Participating in Multinational Exercise "BLONDE AVALANCHE 2014"
Multinational Exercise "BLONDE AVALANCHE 2014" takes place in Ukraine over 3 to 5 September with the participation of 14 Romanian soldiers of the 10th "Dunărea de Jos".
Engineer Battalion.
This years edition will take place in Starychi and Vinogradiv and aims at training the personnel of the multinational battalion for specific missions of containing and removing the consequences of natural calamities in the basin of Tisa river.
Three of the former 11 editions of "Blonde Avalanche exercise took place in Romania at Vințu de Jos, Alba County, in 2004, at Mărtinești, Cluj County in 2008 and Brăila, in 2012.
The exercise takes place on an annual basis, in compliance with the provisions of Law 83 of 24 October 2002, ratifying the Agreement between the governments of Romania, Slovakia, the Ministers Cabinet of Ukraine and Hungary on creating the Multinational Engineer Battalion, signed in Budapest, on 18 January 2002.
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