BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 20. A total of 17
anti-tank mines, 62 anti-personnel mines, and 460 unexploded
ordnance (UXO) were discovered and neutralized in Azerbaijan’s
liberated territories from April 13 through 19, the statement of
Azerbaijan’s National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) says, Trend reports.
According to the statement, as many as 1,455 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.
