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BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 3. The Azerbaijan
National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) found and defused 505
anti-personnel and 257 anti-tank mines and 1,497 unexploded
ordnance (UXO) in the country’s liberated territories in January
2025, Trend
reports via ANAMA’s monthly report
The data indicates that an aggregate of 3,583 hectares of
territory has undergone the demining process.
Craning over the ANAMA’s recent history, it first started
demining the territories shortly after April battles, when the
Azerbaijani side established full control over the Jojug Marjanli
village. Then it cleared 4,578 square meters of territory in the
village.
Currently, ANAMA holds demining operations in a territory of 280
hectares in the village. The operations involve 90 miners, 10
sapper dogs, and three vehicles for mechanical demining.
Since the start of operations in the liberated village, ANAMA
has cleared a territory of 62,066 square meters, 11 houses, and
found and defused five units of unexploded ordnance.
The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action was founded in
1998. It mobilizes the requisite resources to address mine action
in alignment with national needs and priorities, coordinates
inter-agency efforts for the safe clearance of mines from
de-occupied and war-affected regions, continues to conduct
research, clears mines from territories, and transfers them to end
users, while also communicating Azerbaijan’s mine issue to the
global community and enhancing mutually beneficial collaboration
with international and donor organizations to combat the mine
threat.
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