NAMA employee blown up on landmine
On 28 May, an employee of the National Agency for Mine Action (NAMA), Hasil Yusubov (1997), exploded on an anti-personnel mine in Syrkhavend village, Agdam region.
NAMA said in a statement that Yusubov lost his left leg in the ankle area as a result of the blast.
‘The victim was hospitalised, his condition is assessed as satisfactory,’ the statement said.
According to official data, 362 Azerbaijani citizens became victims of mines and unexploded ordnance after the end of the 44-day war in Karabakh on 10 November 2020 and up to today inclusive, 68 of them were killed and 294 were injured. Among the dead - 53 civilians and 15 military personnel, another 127 civilians and 167 military personnel received injuries of varying severity.
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On Sunday, July 7, partly cloudy weather is expected in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, mostly without precipitation, and a moderate north-westerly wind will blow. The air temperature will be +21 +26° at night, +32 +37° during the day. Rains with thunderstorms are expected in some areas of Azerbaijan. In mountainous and foothill areas, precipitation will be torrential in nature, there is a possibility of hail. By evening, precipitation will gradually stop, and an occasionally increasing easterly wind will blow. The air temperature will be +22 +26° at night, +35 +39° during the day. +12 +17° is expected in the mountains at night, +20 +25° in the daytime.
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The Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan appealed to the population with recommendations on health protection in connection with the established hot weather. The appeal indicates the need to avoid overheating of the body, which causes negative consequences for the body. The main symptoms of heat and sunstroke are redness of the face, severe headache, dizziness, darkening of the eyes, nausea, vomiting, nosebleeds and visual impairment.
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Windy and rainy weather is expected in the regions of Azerbaijan starting from the evening of July 6 to the afternoon hours of the 8th. According to the "yellow" notification of the National Hydrometeorological Service, the wind will blow intermittently in the west of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR), Agstafa, Shamkir-Gazakh, Sheki-Zagatala zones, low-lying Karabakh, Mingachevir, the speed of which will reach 13.9-20.7 m/s.
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On July 3, during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held in Astana, a joint declaration on establishing a strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and China was adopted. The declaration states that Azerbaijan expresses its desire to join BRICS, and China welcomes Azerbaijan's participation in BRICS cooperation.
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