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Baku/11.06.21/Turan: The United Kingdom will provide assistance to Azerbaijan in humanitarian demining. According to the British Embassy in Azerbaijan, this week an expert from the Explosives Control Department (CEDE) of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, together with specialists from the Azerbaijan Mine Clearance Agency (ANAMA), inspected the Fuzuli district.

The purpose of the visit is to assess opportunities for cooperation in eliminating the mine threat.

On June 10, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov thanked British Ambassador James Sharp for his assistance in clearing the liberated territories of Azerbaijan.

According to official data, after a truce declaration of November 10, 2020, 24 Azerbaijani citizens were killed and about 100 more injured after they had been blown up by mines.

According to the same sources, total 2,439 people were affected by mines and unexploded shells in Azerbaijan due to the  Karabakh conflict, including 2020. At the same time, 383 died and 2056 were injured.

As viewed by experts, more than one hundred thousand mines remain on the liberated territories-03D06-

 

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