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More UXOs, anti-tank mines detected in Ganja

6 July 2016 11:48 (UTC+04:00)
More UXOs, anti-tank mines detected in Ganja

By Rashid Shirinov

Azerbaijan’s National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) announced about detection of seven anti-tank mines in the Ganja region of Azerbaijan.

Four shell craters were inspected in the Chayly village in Tartar region, one unexploded ordnance (UXO) -- the engine of “9M22U” Grad rocket – was detected and neutralized.

Another shell crater was viewed in the village of Yukhari Kurdmahmudlu of Fizuli region, and PG-7 unexploded grenade was discovered and defused by ANAMA.

A gun projectile of 100-mm caliber was detected and defused on the side of the road in the village of Dagkesaman, Agstafa region.

Moreover, ANAMA found seven anti-tank mines in the Kapaz district of Ganja.

Overall, Azerbaijan’s National Agency for Mine Action inspected four cultivation areas, eight shell craters, detected and neutralized three UXOs and seven anti-tank mines, inspected and cleansed an area of 25,150 square meters on July 5.

Over the period from April 7 to July 4, 621 houses and household plots, 30 farms, five rural schools, two military units and rural cemeteries, a medical center, metal stock, acreages and winery in Zardab, Tartar, Shamkir, Agjabedi, Agdam, Fizuli, Tovuz, Goranboy, Samukh, Shamkir, Jalilabad, Ujar, Barda, Astara, Agstafa regions, Mingachevir, Ganja, Baku and Sumgayit were inspected by ANAMA. As a result, 1,575 UXOs, 18 anti-personnel and 15 anti-tank mines were detected and neutralized.

Currently, special rapid response teams of ANAMA with minesweeper dogs continue their operations for detecting UXOs in the border settlements.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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