Azerbaijan, Baku, August 5 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /
About 3,035,564 square meters of Azerbaijani territory was cleared from mines and unexploded ammunition last month, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) told Trend.
As a result of operations about 3,887 mines and unexploded ammunition were found and neutralized. In July, about 22 anti-tank and four anti-personnel mines were found.
About 425 experts participated and 115 assistants, as well as the six mechanical demining machines and 30 mine-detection dogs participated in the operations.
The agency cleared 138,462,505 square meters of land, found and neutralized 621,964 mines and unexploded ammunition.
ANAMA operates in Agdam, Agstafa, Beylagan, Gadabay, Goranboy, Gay-Gel, Tartar, Fuzuli and Karadag regions of Baku.
According to the Beylagan district executive power, operations are held to clean the territory of a plant. Operations are conducted by ANAMA immediate response group according to international standards for mine clearance.
As a result of blast in dumps, located on the territory of a juice plant in 1994, the factory building was destroyed, and numerous mines and ammunition remained under the rubble.
Landmine explosion was not registered in the country in July.