BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 30. Humanitarian demining activities carried out by the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) in Khankendi city resulted in discovery of a base of HALO (Hazardous Area Life-support Organization) Trust NGO (non-governmental organization), ANAMA said, Trend reports.
The agency discovered a considerable amount of purposefully disabled mine detectors and demining equipment at the HALO Trust location.
"This equipment could have been used in humanitarian demining operations and to reduce the threat of mines." The material and technical methods intended to create a safe atmosphere, on the other hand, were purposefully destroyed," the agency noted.
Following the recapture of its lands (in the 2020 second Karabakh war), Azerbaijan began operations in November 2020 to clear its lands of mines, booby traps, and different weapons left behind by Armenian troops.
Moreover, in order to ensure the provisions of the Trilateral Statement [signed by Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders following the second Karabakh war], to stop large-scale provocations in the Karabakh economic region, to disarm and withdraw formations of the Armenian armed forces from the territories of Azerbaijan, to neutralize their military infrastructure, to ensure the safety of the peaceful population returning to the territories liberated from occupation, civil servants involved in construction and reconstruction work, and Azerbaijan's military personnel, as well as to restore the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan, anti-terrorist measures have been conducted in the region on September 19-20, 2023.
