BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 12. A total of 25
anti-tank mines, 152 anti-personnel mines, and 636 items of
unexploded ordnance (UXO) were discovered and neutralized in
Azerbaijan’s liberated territories over the past week (from January
5 through 11, 2025), Trend reports, citing the Azerbaijan National Agency
for Mine Action (ANAMA).
The Agency noted that mine clearance operations covered 875.1
hectares of land over the reporting period.
The operations were carried out by ANAMA in cooperation with the
Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES),
the State Border Service (SBS), and four private companies across
the districts of Tartar, Aghdara, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Khojaly,
Khankendi, Shusha, Khojavend, Lachin, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli,
and Zangilan.
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.
