14 February 2022 17:52 (UTC+04:00)
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By Vugar Khalilov
The Azerbaijani military’s engineer and sapper items have up to now defused over 17,000 mines and unexploded munitions in lands liberated from Armenia’s occupation in November 2020, the Defence Ministry reported on February 14.
In an announcement posted on its web site the ministry stated: “Thus far, greater than 13,868 hectares of territory have been cleared of mines by engineer-sapper items within the liberated territories. In whole, 6,092 antipersonnel mines, 2,159 anti-tank mines, and 9,012 unexploded ordnances have been detected and neutralized.”
The engineer and sapper items demined over 374 hectares on the liberated territories from February 1 to 14.
“The principle efforts are aimed toward demining settlements, sowing plots, roads, and infrastructure amenities within the liberated territories,” the ministry stated.
Moreover, it was said that the Engineering Troops are clearing roads of snow and mines to make sure the protected motion of autos, items, and subunits within the liberated lands.
The Engineering Troops are additionally chargeable for the development of latest provide roads for Azerbaijani navy items stationed in mountainous and tough terrain. Demining of sown areas can also be underway, the ministry stated.
“Different essential actions on detecting and neutralizing mines and unexploded ordnance, in addition to on engineering help proceed within the liberated territories,” the report concluded.
Armenia submitted to Azerbaijan all mine maps of Azerbaijan’s liberated territories on account of talks held by way of the Russian Defence Ministry’s mediation on December 4, 2021.
On December 12, 2020, Overseas Minister Jeyhun Bayramov informed reporters that mine maps offered by Armenia up to now usually are not totally correct.
“New minefield maps given by Armenia are being analyzed by the consultants. It’s going to take time. We will stop the rising variety of deaths on account of mine explosions,” he stated.
It needs to be famous that Azerbaijan’s Mine Motion Company (ANAMA), together with the companion nations, carries out demining actions on its liberated territories.
Armenia intentionally and continually planted mines on Azerbaijani territories, in violation of the 1949 Geneva Conference, thereby being a serious menace to regional peace, safety and cooperation.
On December 9, the Prosecutor-Basic’s Workplace has reported that 29 civilians and 7 navy servicemen had been killed, in addition to 109 servicemen and 44 civilians obtained accidents of various severity on account of mine explosions within the nation’s lands since November 10, 2020.
Beforehand, on June 12, Azerbaijan handed over 15 Armenian prisoners in change for a map detailing the situation of 97,000 mines in formerly-occupied Aghdam.
On July 3, Armenia submitted to Azerbaijan maps of about 92,000 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines planted throughout the occupation of Fuzuli and Zangilan areas.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Russia-brokered peace settlement on November 10, 2020, to finish 44 days of preventing and work towards a complete decision.
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