(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, February 7 . A
female sappers squad will be created as part of the project on the
expansion of the opportunities of Azerbaijan's National Mine Action
Agency, said Chairman of the Board of the Agency Vugar Suleymanov
during an event dedicated to the launch of the project, trend reports.
According to him, in the future, it is expected to
create other teams for mine clearance, which will be regulated by
NGOs.
'In addition, the information system of our agency
will be modernized,' he added.
A total of 64,000 hectares of land have been cleared
of explosive mines in Azerbaijan's liberated Karabakh. Furthermore,
Suleymanov added that in the last two years, 282 Azerbaijanis
suffered from Armenia-laid landmine explosions, out of whom 46
people died.
Earlier, a Special Representative of the President of
Azerbaijan in the Shusha, Aydin Kerimov, said that Azerbaijan is
open to any proposal directed at supporting the de-mining
process.
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