The Ministry of Overseas Affairs issued an announcement – 2024-05-15 18:02:20

The Ministry of Overseas Affairs of Azerbaijan issued an announcement on April 4 – the Worldwide Day of Mine Consciousness and Help to Mine Motion.

from the Ministry of Overseas Affairs Publika.azIn accordance with the data supplied, the assertion reads:

“April 4 is marked because the Worldwide Day of Mine Consciousness and Support to Mine Motion.

Throughout the almost 30-year-long navy occupation of the territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan by Armenia, in addition to within the present post-conflict interval, our nation, which suffered from the specter of landmines and gave quite a few landmine victims, emphasizes the significance of critically combating the specter of landmines.

The specter of landmines continued by Armenia even within the post-conflict interval slows down the restoration and reconstruction works within the area and the return of former IDPs to their lands, and stays a supply of great hazard to the lives and well being of our residents.

Even after the top of the 44-day Patriotic Conflict and the top of the battle, Armenia used the Lachin street for unlawful functions, together with the continuation of the mine risk, opposite to its obligations. The invention of greater than 2700 Armenian-made anti-personnel mines in 2022 within the territory of Lachin and Kalbajar areas confirms this reality. In September 2023, after the anti-terrorist measures, the invention of the truth that greater than 500,000 landmines have been buried within the territories of Azerbaijan the place Russian peacekeeping forces have been briefly deployed and alongside the sides of those territories are details that show the extent of this risk. On the identical time, it has proven that the statements in regards to the alleged non-production and export of mines by Armenia over the last many years don’t have any foundation.

A complete of 350 Azerbaijani individuals grew to become mine victims within the post-conflict interval in the course of the mine explosions that occurred nearly every day because of the mine risk continued by Armenia. Amongst them, 50 civilians and 15 navy personnel, 65 individuals died.

The geography of mine incidents which have occurred to this point, the truth that most of them have occurred exterior the previous contact line, particularly in locations the place civilian objects, residential areas, in addition to cemeteries are positioned, proves that Armenia’s mine risk is purposefully geared toward excessive casualties among the many civilian inhabitants. This, in flip, is one other manifestation of the prevailing ethnic hatred and intolerance on the a part of Armenia in opposition to Azerbaijanis.

Regardless of repeated requires Armenia to supply maps of mined areas with a purpose to put an finish to this risk, this nation has usually denied the existence of such maps for a very long time. The reliability of the data introduced because of strain from the worldwide neighborhood, overlaying a small a part of the mined areas, was solely 25%. Greater than 55% of current mine incidents occurred exterior the areas lined by the info supplied.

The conduct exhibited by Armenia in relation to the mine risk is one other blow to the measures taken within the route of sustainable peace and confidence constructing within the area within the post-conflict interval.

On April 4 – the Worldwide Day of Mine Consciousness and Help for Mine Motion, Azerbaijan as soon as once more calls on the worldwide neighborhood to take constant measures to sentence the mine risk of Armenia, to current mine maps by this nation, in addition to to assist the elimination of the mine risk in Azerbaijan.