BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 13. A total of 47
anti-tank mines, 144 anti-personnel mines, and 1,661 unexploded
ordnance (UXO) were discovered and neutralized in Azerbaijan’s
liberated territories from April 6 through 12, the weekly report by
Azerbaijan’s National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) on
humanitarian demining operations stated, Trend reports.
According to the report, as many as 2,052 hectares of land were
cleared of mines over the reporting period.
The operations were carried out by ANAMA across several
districts, including Tartar, Aghdam, Aghdara, Lachin, Fuzuli,
Shusha, Khojaly, Khankendi, Kalbajar, Khojavend, Jabrayil, Gubadli,
and Zangilan, as well as in the liberated villages of Baghanis
Ayrim, Ashaghi Askipara, Kheyrimli, and Gizilhajili in the Gazakh
district.
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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