Total EU Aid To Azerbaijan To Reach 13 Million Euros In 2024 - EU's Official

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 3. The total EU deminingassistance to Azerbaijan from 2020 will amount to almost 13 millioneuros in 2024, Director General of the European Commission forNeighborhood and Negotiations, Gert Jan Koopman said, during theEuropean Mine Action Team event, Trend reports.

"The European Union and EU Member States are the largestinternational donors in Azerbaijan's mine action field, havingprovided around €10 million in grant aid to support humanitariandemining in the country from 2020. The EU stands ready to provideadditional assistance in this regard. Support from the EU and itsmember states is expected to amount to about 13 million euros thisyear within the Team Europe Imitative program, and further supportcan be expected in the following years," he stressed.

He mentioned that the EU plans to send an additional 2 millioneuros in grant funding to Azerbaijan this year as part of technicalassistance on demining.

To note, a total of 141 anti-tank and 191 anti-personnel mines,as well as 2,502 unexploded ordnances, were found and neutralizedin the territories of Azerbaijan liberated from occupation inApril. According to the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency, 6038.9 haof land were cleared of mines.

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