(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
The Azerbaijan army's engineer-sapper units have defused 100
more landmines in liberated Lachin District, Azernews reports,
citing the Defense Ministry.
On September 10, additional 100 E-001 M type anti-personnel
mines made in Armenia in 2021 were discovered in the ravine gap of
the northeastern section of the Boyuk Ishigli Mount as a result of
demining activities undertaken in Lachin District, the ministry
said.
The mines discovered by the Azerbaijani army engineer-sapper
units were cleared from the area in line with safety rules.
The sapper units are demining the territories and supply roads
mined by Armenian sabotage groups during a large-scale border
provocation. Moreover, engineering support activities are
underway.
Some 122 Armenian-planted mines were discovered in Lachin
District on September 19, the ministry reported.
Earlier, the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency reported that a
massive number of PMN-E type mines, the use of which is prohibited
under international humanitarian law, were discovered in Lachin.
The discovered mines were produced in Armenia in 2021 following the
44-day war (2020).
To recap, units of the Armenian armed forces carried out
large-scale provocations along the Azerbaijani-Armenian state
border in the Dashkasan, Kalbajar, and Lachin directions on the
night of September 12 leading to 13. The Armenian sabotage groups
mined land and supply roads linking the positions of the
Azerbaijani army units in different directions, taking advantage of
the area's steep topography and existing ravine gaps.
The clashes between the sides ensued as a result of the urgent
efforts made by the Azerbaijani armed forces to quell these
activities. As a result, 79 armed forces personnel were killed, the
ministry detailed.
The Azerbaijani military units stationed in these areas took
decisive retaliatory measures to suppress the provocations of the
Armenian armed forces and military threats to Azerbaijan's
territory and sovereignty, as well as to ensure the safety of
military personnel, including civilian workers involved in
infrastructure construction in Kalbajar and Lachin districts, the
ministry emphasized.
So far, the Armenian government reported 135 losses among its
own military personnel.
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