Azerbaijan: Landmine claims multiple casualties in Gazakh

Several people have been injured following explosion of landmines laid during Armenian occupation in Gizilhajili village of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district, Trend reports via the joint statement of the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office, State Border Service and Azerbaijan National Agency for Read More …

US provided $38M for humanitarian mine action programs in Azerbaijan

Since 1999, the United States has provided almost $38 million to support humanitarian mine action programs in Azerbaijan, the US Embassy in Baku said on X, Report informs. The embassy congratulated the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) on Read More …

EU to allocate an additional €10M for demining in Azerbaijan

The EU, together with its Member States, is to date the biggest international donor in the field of mine action in Azerbaijan, as illustrated by the launch of a “Team Europe Initiative” earlier in May. In the wake of President Read More …

UAE provides financial assistance to Azerbaijan mine action agency

The UAE has recently provided assistance to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) in the amount of $5 million to combat the mine problem, which is one of the main threats to the return of former internally displaced Read More …

Azerbaijan: 4839,3 hectares of territory cleared of mines and UXOs over past month

“During the mine-clearing operations in Tartar, Aghdara, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Khojaly, Khankendi, Khojavand, Lachin, Shusha, Fuzuli, Gubadli, Jabrayil and Zangilan districts 251 anti-personnel and 141 anti-tank mines, as well as 1,068 unexploded ordnances (UXOs) were found and neutralized from May 1 Read More …

International community should mobilize efforts to eliminate landmine threat in Azerbaijan

Armenia-planted landmines countinue to kill and maim Azerbaijanis in recently liberated territories, Azernews reports citing the post shared by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on its official “X” account. “Despite extensive efforts, demining operations face many challenges due to Armenia’s refusal to Read More …

Azerbaijan’s ANAMA employee injured in mine explosion in Aghdam

An investigation is underway on the mine incident in Aghdam resulting in the injury of an employee of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), the press service of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan told Trend. The Prosecutor’s Read More …

Azerbaijan: One civilian killed in landmine blast in Tartar

One civilian died as a result of a landmine explosion in Azerbaijan’s Tartar district, reads a joint statement from the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAM). On May 21, Arzu Hajiyev (born in Read More …

France accuses Azerbaijan of fomenting deadly riots in overseas territory New Caledonia

Days of clashes between demonstrators and police in French-controlled New Caledonia are fueled by foreign interference, Paris declared on Thursday, as local officials vowed to restore order in the South Pacific territory. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that the Read More …