mines established by Armenia in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and its environs during the 30-year period of occupation, not only lead to human victims, but also slow down the efforts of Azerbaijan to restore and revive the region, although more than three years have passed since the end of the Second Karabakh war. .
In connection with the International Day of Information of Mine Danger and Cleaning, April 4, an ANADOLA agency correspondent collected data on the clearance of Karabakh and its environs, as well as information about human victims as a result of the explosions of min.
Since the end of the Second Karabakh war on November 10, 2020, 129 thousand hectares of land have been combed and cleared.
In the scanned territories, more than 65 thousand unexploded ammunition, about 32 thousand anti -personnel and more than 19 thousand anti -tank mines were found and neutralized.
Since the end of the war, as a result of the explosion of the mines laid down by the Armenian troops during the occupation, 65 citizens of Azerbaijan were killed, including 50 civilians, another 285 people were injured.
It will take about 30 years to mine
Minoring territories is a serious violation of fundamental norms and principles of international humanitarian law, including the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
In order to preserve the occupied regions of Armenia, she violated all international agreements and laid in the Azerbaijani regions hundreds of thousands of min.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said earlier that it will take about 30 years and $ 25 billion to mine the region.
Memilling work is carried out by the Azerbaijani Reprimanding Agency (ANAMA) and engineering units that are part of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. The Ministry of Emergencies and the border service command.
are also contributed to this activity.
The field also uses 20 MEMATT machines (MEMATT) produced by ASFAT under the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey and transferred to Azerbaijan.