MILITARY
Liberated territories of Azerbaijan are being cleared of Armenian mines, Ministry of Defense
Baku, September 8, AZERTAC
Over the past ten days, 72 PMN-E type anti-personnel mines and 2 anti-tank mines, which were produced in Armenia in 2019, were removed and transported from areas, planted with anti-personnel mines, buried by illegal Armenian armed detachments at specified positions in the territories of Lachin and Kalbajar districts, and disposed of in compliance with safety regulations, Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.
During September of the current year, 73 anti-personnel mines, 47 anti-tank mines, and 8 unexploded ordnance were detected and neutralized by Azerbaijan Army’s engineer-sapper units, and 273 hectares of the area were completely cleared in the liberated territories.
In total to date, 26,455 hectares of the area in the liberated territories have been cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance by the engineer-sapper units. 7,558 anti-personnel mines, 2,342 anti-tank mines, and 9,944 unexploded ordnance were detected and neutralized.
Necessary activities on engineering support are underway in the liberated territories.