UAE Provides Financial Assistance To Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 4. The UAE has recently
provided assistance to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine
Action (ANAMA) in the amount of $5 million to combat the mine
problem, which is one of the main threats to the return of former
internally displaced persons to their native lands and
post-conflict reconstruction work in the South Caucasus region,
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said during today's
phone conversation with his UAE counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al
Nahyan, Trend reports.
In this regard, the minister expressed gratitude, emphasizing
that the assistance provided is an indicator of solidarity.
To note, following the liberation of its lands from Armenian
occupation, Azerbaijan began operations in November 2020 to clean
its lands of mines, booby traps, and other weaponry left behind by
illegal Armenian forces.
A total of 141 anti-tank, 251 anti-personnel mines, and 1,068
unexploded rounds of ammunition were found and neutralized; 4,839
hectares of land were demined in the liberated territories in May
2024.
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