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Over 75 unexploded ordnances defused in Azerbaijan in Dec. 2014

Politics Materials 9 January 2015 17:05 (UTC +04:00)
The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) detected and defused 76 unexploded ordnance (UXOs), as well as 17 antipersonnel and 1 anti-tank mine in December 2014
Over 75 unexploded ordnances defused in Azerbaijan in Dec. 2014

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 9
By Ilkin Izzet - Trend:

The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) detected and defused 76 unexploded ordnance (UXOs), as well as 17 antipersonnel and 1 anti-tank mine in December 2014, ANAMA told Trend Jan.9.

Some 484 sappers, 118 assistants, six mechanical mine clearing machines and 36 mine-detection dogs are involved in mine clearing operations.

As much as 278,297,716 square metres of land have been cleared of mines so far and the number of defused landmines and UXOs amounted to 689,623.

ANAMA continues its operations in the Aghdam, Agjabadi, Agstafa, Fuzuli, Shamkir, Gazakh and Terter districts of Azerbaijan.

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