ANAMA: Mine clearing ends in Saloglu territory

Mine clearing of the Saloglu territory in the Agstafa region has ended, Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) said.

Official closing ceremony of the Saloglu project is scheduled for July.

Some 5,644,763 square meters of land has been cleared since December 2005, and 593,891 have been found and neutralized.

The project of mine clearing in Saloglu was implemented with the help and financial support of Turkey, as well as financial assistance of Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland, USA, Australia, Slovenia, Italy, Iceland, Czech Republic, Japan and United Nations Development Program.

The largest military base in the South Caucasus was located in Saloglu in Soviet time. After the Soviet Union’s collapse the Soviet soldiers blew up this base before leaving Azerbaijan. As a result of the explosion unexploded ammunition was scattered over a huge territory around Saloglu.


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