BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 6. The Public Union of
Mine Victims' Association (AMZA) in Azerbaijan has launched the
implementation of the project "Safe Return: Support to the Fight
against Mine Threat" with the financial support of the grant
competition jointly announced by the Agency for State Support to
Non-Governmental Organizations and the Karabakh Revival
Foundation.


This was reported by AMZA Chairman and Project Manager Rey
Karimoglu. According to him, the project, which mainly covers the
nineties - the period of intensive hostilities in Karabakh, is
scheduled to be completed in 4 months:


"The main goal of the project is to support the safe return of
the population to the liberated territory. As you know, the
occupying Armenia has buried a large number of mines in Karabakh.
At the same time, there is a significant amount of unexploded
ordnance in the area. Our organization, with the financial support
of the State Support Agency for Non-Governmental Organizations,
conducted surveys with mine victims (with IMISMA agents, an
international organization) in 19 cities and districts in
2024-2025. The mine incidents of 1,360 mine victims and their needs
were studied. This year, we will determine the locations of mine
incidents in the liberated territories within the framework of the
"Safe Return: Support to Combating Mine Threat" project. Let me
explain what we will do more specifically: whoever fell into a mine
in the liberated territories, we will take that person to the area
where he fell into the mine. Directly from the mine victim "The
coordinates of the place will be taken right there. The coordinates
of the mine incident sites will be taken and a report will be
prepared. This report will be submitted to ANAMA. By the way, I
would like to specially note that the ANAMA management has always
supported us in this work. This time too, we will need their close
support."







R.Kerimoglu noted that the project will be implemented in the
Agdam, Agdara and Tartar regions for now. In the future, this work
will be carried out in other territories liberated from occupation.
According to him, the project will mainly cover the nineties - the
period of intensive military operations in Karabakh.


"Mainly mine victims will participate in the implementation of
the project. Frankly, it is a very unique, risky and difficult
project. This is the first time such a project will be implemented
in Azerbaijan. But our organization has a well-formed professional
team. At the same time, the International Eurasian Press Fund,
which knows these matters at a high level, will again closely
support us. Taking all this into account, we are confident that we
will be able to successfully carry out our work. The project will
mainly cover the nineties - the period of intensive military
operations in Karabakh," said R. Karimoglu.