Commander of the peacekeepers inspected the minefields laid by the Armenians after the end of the war

Baku/24.11.22/Turan: Since the beginning of August, over 2,500 mines have been discovered in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan. According to the message of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, during the specified period, 1,119 mines were identified and neutralized in the Lachin and Kalbajar sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and 1,609 mines produced in Armenia in 2021 in the Karabakh economic region. At the same time, 350 PMN-E anti-personnel mines were found on the northern slope of the Sarybaba height.

On November 23, at the invitation of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, the mined territories and discovered mines were examined by the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, Major General Andrei Volkov, the head of the Turkish-Russian Monitoring Center, Major General Fatih Akpinar, and the Russian head of the same center, Rear Admiral Oleg Semenov.

On November 24, military attachés of foreign states and journalists visited these territories. The laying of mines produced in 2021 indicates that Armenia used the Lachin road for illegal military activities, the message of the Foreign Ministry.

Continued military provocations in Azerbaijani territories, incomplete withdrawal of armed forces and mining threaten reconstruction work and the return of internally displaced persons, the Foreign Ministry said.

“Armenia hinders the process of normalization and establishment of peace in the region. This is a war crime, a serious violation of international humanitarian law and the obligations assumed by Armenia within the framework of the tripartite statement,” the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry concluded the statement. -06B-