BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2. Large-scale demining operations are being carried out across the liberated territories, said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in his address to the participants the 4th International Mine Action Conference themed "Humanitarian Demining for Urban Recovery: Setting Standards of Excellence for Safe Settlements."
"To date, more than 298 thousand hectares of land have been cleared, and 260,147 mines and unexploded ordnance have been detected and neutralized. Azerbaijan introduces advanced technologies, innovative approaches and modern management systems to increase the speed, safety and effectiveness of mine clearance," the Azerbaijani President underlined.
