Envoy: Croatia, Azerbaijan cooperating in demining liberated lands

Croatian Ambassador Branko Zebic has said that his country  is actively cooperating with the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) in demining of the territories liberated as a result of second Karabakh war in 2020.

According to him, Croatia itself has been fighting the mine problem for more than 25 years, and therefore has a lot of experience in this area. There are Croatian companies that manufacture demining machines and are directly involved in the demining process itself, he told Report.

“One of them is DOK-ING, which manufactures demining machines. Its technique works in Karabakh, and has proven itself very well,” the ambassador said.

Commenting on the issue of physical demining, the ambassador stressed that at present Azerbaijan is mainly engaged in it itself, adding that foreign companies are also expected to be involved in this large-scale work.

“I think that the Croatian Piper is one of those companies that can be involved in demining in Azerbaijan,” Zebic underlined.

The ambassador noted that there is also a DOK-ING unit engaged in manual demining, as well as the use of trained dogs for these purposes: “It seems that Azerbaijan has signed a contract with them, and 10-12 sapper dogs will be delivered to your country this year.”