Azerbaijan defuses Armenia-laid mines, munitions in liberated lands PHOTO

The Azerbaijani army's engineering and sapper units have defused 379 mines installed by Armenia in liberated Kalbajar District.

As a result of the work carried out on September 24 and 25, 370 PMN-E anti-personnel mines and nine TM-62 anti-tank mines were discovered and neutralised in the territory of Alagollar [settlement] of Kalbajar District and in other directions, Caliber.Az quotes the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry press service as saying on September 26.

Proper engineering support measures are continuing on the liberated territories, the report adds.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijan's National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) reported that 46 anti-personnel mines and 267 unexploded ordnance were neutralised in the liberated lands from September 19 to 24, according to Caliber.Az.

ANAMA experts defused  46 anti-personnel mines, 144 anti-tank mines and 267 unexploded ordnance in Tartar, Aghdam, Khojavand, Fuzuli, Shusha, Gubadli, Jabrayil and Zangilan districts in the abovementioned period.

As a result, an area of 457 hectares was cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance.