BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 10. A total of 15
anti-tank mines, eight anti-personnel mines, and 743 items of
unexploded ordnance (UXO) were discovered and neutralized in
Azerbaijan’s liberated territories from March 2 through 9, the
weekly statement of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action
(ANAMA) on humanitarian demining operations says, Trend reports.
The agency noted that 1,191 hectares of land were cleared of
mines 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.
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