Humanitarian demining efforts in Azerbaijan and NATO’s support for these activities have been discussed, Azernews reports, citing Samir Poladov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), as he told during an official visit to Luxembourg.
As part of the visit, the Azerbaijani delegation held bilateral meetings with Orkhan Muradli, Director of the Operations Support Division of NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency, and other officials.
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Source: AzerNews
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