Great Britain has allocated $250,000 to fund the establishment of a Center for Land Mine Problems in Tajikistan presidential press spokesman Saidov told Asia Plus-Blitz. The funding commitment, which according to Saidov includes the possibility of future financial support as long as the problem of land mines exists in Tajikistan, gives the green light for opening the center. It is a joint project of the Tajik government and the UN Development Program, which will manage the project. One of the center\'s main tasks will be removal of land mines from Tajikistan, which not only has minefields planted by Uzbekistan along the border of the two countries, but also has land mines left over from the Tajik civil war in 1992-97. The center is also expected to play a major role in the implementation of Tajikistan\'s commitments under the 1997 Convention on Prohibition of the Use of Anti-Personnel Mines. (Asia Plus-Blitz)