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ANAMA discovers unexploded artillery shell in Lankaran

17 January 2017 [18:06] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews

By Rashid Shirinov

An unexploded artillery shell was discovered in Azerbaijan’s Lankaran region, Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) told Trend on January 17.

A 122-millimeter artillery shell (OF-462) was found on the roadside in the village of Urga and then neutralized. Moreover, ANAMA searched an area of 1,500 square meters.

During January 1-17, the Agency checked the territory of Fuzuli, Lankaran and Shamakhi regions as well as seaside, pastures and motor depots of Lankaran and Ganja cities. As a result, ANAMA neutralized 1,203 pieces of unexploded ordnance, 10 anti-tank mines as well as checked area of 6,550 square meters.

In general, ANAMA cleared more than 389,603,952 square meters of Azerbaijan’s territory, discovered and defused over 752,702 pieces of unexploded ordnance during 10 years of its activity.

ANAMA was established in 1998 for planning and coordination, management and monitoring of mine action related activities all over the country.

The UXO problem in the country can be divided into the areas of Azerbaijan that are still under the occupation of Armenian forces and those areas that have been liberated. The project is designed to create indigenous capacity to undertake survey, mapping and clearance in currently liberated areas and to prepare for dealing with the UXO problem in occupied areas after their liberation.

Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. Since the war, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

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