70% of mine explosions occurred behind former contact line, Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency says

Samir Poladov

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# 26 May 2023 11:27 (UTC +04:00)

About 70% of mine explosions recorded so far occurred behind the previous contact line, said Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), Samir Poladov at his pane speech at the International Conference on "Mine Action - The Path to Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals" held in Baku, APA reports.

He stressed that these areas must be cleared of mines for construction works in the first place.

Only 25 percent of the maps given to Azerbaijan can be trusted, said Samir Poladov: "Statistics show that so far 70% of mine explosions occurred behind the previous line of contact".

Samir Poladov added that ANAMA's goal is to increase area of lands cleared of mines to 50 thousand hectares per year.

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