(MENAFN- trend news agency) baku, azerbaijan, june 23. women sappers will
actively participate in demining work in azerbaijan, chairman of
azerbaijan campaign to ban landmines (azcbl) public union hafiz
safikhanov told trend .
according to him, this process is carried out in compliance with
international standards.
"the participation of women in mine action has become a trend
around the world in recent years. in general, work is being done to
ensure gender equality in this area," safikhanov said. "in many
countries, there are women demining teams working with high
professionalism. our women demining team will also have sufficient
professional knowledge."
besides, according to him, an additional purchase of demining
machines and an increase in the number of sapper dogs are
planned.
safikhanov added that international assistance in solving the
mine problem in azerbaijan is still not enough.
"at last week's event in geneva, the existence of the mine
problem and the work done by azerbaijan to solve it were again
brought to the attention of the international community.
international organizations should help our country so that the
problem with mines is resolved faster," he added.
following the liberation of its lands from armenian occupation
[in the second karabakh war], azerbaijan from nov. 2020 started
carrying out operations on clearing its lands from mines, booby
traps, and various weapons left behind by the armenian troops.
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