Azerbaijan, Baku / Т corr S. Aghayeva / NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) is ready to assist the Azerbaijani Government in the mine clearing of the occupied territories after their liberation, the Manager of the Agency, General Karl-Heinz Munzer, stated to journalists in Baku on 3 June.
NAMSA is now dealing with this practice in the Near East, he said. The peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can prevent the threat caused by military ammunition in the region," Munzer stated.
The Agency can assist the Azerbaijani Government with technical assistance in the clearing the mines in the occupied territories, he said.
NAMSA is already co-operating with the Azerbaijani Government in the project at the Saloglu settlement of Azerbaijani Agstafa region to clear mines that remained during the USSR period. Previously, the largest in the Transcaucasia ammunition storehouse was located in Saloglu. As a result of a fire in 1991, uninterrupted explosions continued for four days in Saloglu.
Another direction in the activities of NAMSA is its participation in implementing the project on the neutralization of MELANJ missile fuel. "NAMSA is satisfied with the co-operation from the Azerbaijani Government in these projects and is interested in further co-operation in different projects," Munzer noted.