(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 11. Demining activities have been carried out in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan's Gazakh district since April 2024, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) told Trend.

Throughout the operational phase, a total of 223.7 hectares of terrain have been cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO).

"To date, 1,059 anti-personnel mines, 99 anti-tank mines, and 49 UXO have been identified and neutralized," ANAMA said.

Meanwhile, according to ANAMA, a total of 7,022 hectares of territory were cleared of mines and UXO last month.

The villages of Baghanis Ayrim, Ashagi Askipara, Kheyrimli, and Gizilhajili, which had been under Armenian occupation for 30 years, were returned to Azerbaijan following an agreement reached by the Azerbaijani-Armenian border delimitation commission on April 19, 2024. As a result, a 12.7-kilometer border line was established, and the 6.5-square-kilometer areas of the four Gazakh villages were restored to Azerbaijani control.

The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action was founded in 1998. It mobilizes the requisite resources to address mine action in alignment with national needs and priorities, coordinates inter-agency efforts for the safe clearance of mines from de-occupied and war-affected regions, continues to conduct research, clears mines from territories, and transfers them to end users, while also communicating Azerbaijan's mine issue to the global community and enhancing mutually beneficial collaboration with international and donor organizations to combat the mine threat.

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