The Emergencies Ministry has set up a new mine search regiment on the Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenia’s occupation in 2020. Emergencies Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov made the remarks in an interview with journalists.
The minister stressed that from the first days, employees of the Fire Protection Service of the Ministry worked in these territories.
He noted that the ministry trained 74 new mine detector specialists. “Some 120 mine detecting devices were imported and handed over to these specialists. The new regiment, together with Turkish specialists and personnel of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) continues to hold demining operations.
Azerbaijan will purchase new mine detection robots to use them in the lands liberated from the Armenian occupation, he added.
“Armenia planted many mines in previously occupied lands. The lands must be cleared of mines as soon as possible to speed up the construction and restoration work. Currently, besides mine detecting devices, the work is also underway to purchase mine detection robots,” he said.
“This work is being carried out by the Ministry of Emergency Situations in cooperation with Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) and the Ministry of Defense,” Heydarov added.
Heydarov added that the number of mine detector specialists is being increased. The minister added that the more greenery is, the more difficult is to find mines.
“But it is winter now, the grass is drying out, the mine clearance operations are being rapidly conducted,” the minister said.
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