Mine clearing operations will be completed in ten Azerbaijani regions located on the front line by 2014.
Director General of Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) Nazim Ismayilov said since its establishment ANAMA had been carrying out mine clearing operations in those regions.
According to Director General, Quick Reaction Group of the ANAMA will start operations in Aghdam region this month. Preparations are being made for the mine clearing operations on Azerbaijan-Georgia border – Ceyranchol.
'Saloglu project will be completed in April next year. We want the third phase of this project to be continued in Ceyranchol within the framework of Azerbaijan-NATO cooperation. We are discussing it with our partners from NATO,' he said.
Nazim Ismayilov also noted that 60 million sq m area in Ceyranchol was supposed to be contaminated with mines and unexploded ordnances. The Border Troops have also appealed for the clearance of this territory.
'The training ranges of the former Soviet army are located there. After clearance it will be used for agriculture,' he said.
APA