(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
The Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) has defused some 792
mines and unexploded ordnances in the liberated land from June 6 to
11, Azernews reports, citing the agency.
During the demining operations, the agency discovered 96
anti-personnel, 11 anti-tank mines, and 685 unexploded ordnances in
Tartar, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Shusha, Gubadli, Jabrayil, and Zangilan
regions, the report elaborates.
Some 544-ha-area was cleared of mines and unexploded ordnances
during the period in question.
Armenia alleged it handed over to Azerbaijan all minefield maps
of liberated territories following the talks through the mediation
of the Russian Defence Ministry on December 4, 2021.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov stated that the low
accuracy of Armenia's minefield maps of Azerbaijani liberated
territories slows the mine-clearance process.
'The demining operations are underway, but people are still
losing their lives. From the end of the 44-day Second Karabakh War
to the present, over 200 people have become victims of mine
explosions in liberated lands,' Bayramov said at that point.
He added that the high mine contamination of the liberated
territories hinders the return of former internally displaced
persons to their native lands.
ANAMA, along with partner countries, is carrying out demining
activities on its liberated territories. Moreover, the State Border
Service and the Defense Ministry are also engaged in demining
activities in the liberated lands.
Armenia deliberately and constantly planted mines on Azerbaijani
territories, in violation of the 1949 Geneva Convention, thereby
being a major threat to regional peace, security, and
cooperation.
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