BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 22. A total of
1,299 hectares of land were cleared of mines and unexploded
ordnance from December 15 through 22 in Azerbaijan's liberated
territories, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA)
said in a weekly statement on humanitarian demining operations,
Trend
reports.
As many as 145 anti-tank mines, 46 anti-personnel mines, and 525
unexploded ordnance (UXO) were found and neutralized in the
liberated areas.
The demining operations were held across the districts of
Tartar, Aghdara, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Khojaly, Khankendi, Khojavend,
Lachin, Shusha, Fuzuli, Gubadli, Jabrayil, and Zangilan, as well as
in the villages of Baghanis Ayrum, Ashagi Eskipara, Kerimli, and
Gizilhajily in the Gazakh district by ANAMA, the Ministry of
Defense, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the State Border
Service, and four private companies.
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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