BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 20. After the ladies’s
demining group mission’s introduction, 54 individuals total registered
to affix the Azerbaijani group, together with contenders for a paramedic
submit, stated Hafiz Safikhanov, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Marketing campaign
In opposition to Landmines Public Union, Development stories.
He made the assertion on the press convention on the outcomes of
the “Strengthening Worldwide Help to Azerbaijan in Demining”
mission.
He identified that coaching for 33 ladies, who have been in tip-top
form each bodily and mentally, kicked off on June 16,
2023.
“The Worldwide Eurasian Press Basis, the native mission
executor, and the UK-based Mines Advisory Group (MAG), one other
worldwide companion within the mission, carried out the coaching
classes on the Tartar Regional Workplace. At the moment, 4 groups,
consisting of three solely feminine groups and two combined groups,
interact 25 ladies (together with 23 sappers and a couple of paramedics) in demining
operations. The actions of two groups are funded by the US State
Division by MAG, whereas the opposite two groups are funded by the
European Union by the UN Growth Program,” the chair
emphasised.
He went on to say that the ladies’s demining groups are actually
going the additional mile by clearing a mined space in Namirli village of
Aghdam district and a former battlefield in Gulluja village.
“Moreover, technical surveys are underway within the village of
Gulluja. In 2024, these female-led demining groups cleared 2,524,291
sq. meters of land, discovering 6 UXOs and 17 anti-tank mines. These
operations contain professionals from the Worldwide Eurasian
Press Basis, in addition to rats and canines skilled to detect mines
from the Belgian group APOPO. The Azerbaijan Nationwide Company
for Mine Motion (ANAMA) sends out mine trawls when referred to as upon.
Since commencing their actions on September 25, 2023, till
August 15, 2024, the ladies’s demining groups have cleared a complete of
3,203,997 sq. meters of land, uncovering 12 anti-personnel
mines, 25 anti-tank mines, and 77 unexploded ordnances,” he
added.
To notice, following the liberation of its lands, Azerbaijan started
operations in November 2020 to brush its lands clear of mines,
booby traps, and different weaponry that the unlawful Armenian forces
had left behind.
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