On July 3, 2021, on the initiative of the Russian Federation, Armenia presented about 92 thousand anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, laid out in Fizulinsky and Zangilan areas during the occupation, the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reports.
“Thanks to the commander temporarily stationed on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation Rustam Muradov for intermediary services in the implementation of a humanitarian initiative to obtain mine maps.
Getting mine maps will save the lives of tens of thousands of our citizens, including those who are demining, and will speed up the construction and reconstruction projects launched by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev on the liberated territories, as well as the process of returning forced immigrants.
As a humanistic step, the Azerbaijani side handed over to Armenia 15 people who, by the court sentence, were deprived of their freedom and sentence sentences expired, “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
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