Azerbaijan defuses new mines, munitions in liberated lands

Azerbaijan's Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) has defused 100 mines and munitions in the country's territories liberated from Armenia's decades-long occupation during the war in 2020.

As part of the demining operations conducted from May 29 to June 3 in the Tartar, Aghdam, Khojavand, Lachin, Fuzuli, Shusha, Gubadli, Jabrayil and Zangilan districts, 18 anti-personnel mines, 33 anti-tank mines and 49 unexploded ordnance were discovered and neutralised, Caliber.Az reports, citing ANAMA.

Some 531.4 hectares of territory were cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance.

In violation of the 1949 Geneva Convention, during the years of occupation and at the moment of withdrawal from Azerbaijani lands in late 2020 and even after the second Karabakh war, Armenia deliberately and constantly planted mines on Azerbaijani territories, thereby being a significant threat to regional peace, security, and cooperation.

Civilians and military personnel are frequently maimed or killed due to mine explosions in Azerbaijan's liberated regions.