Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu – APA-Economics. Oil contaminated territories will be completely treated until the first European Summer Olympic Games in 2015, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Huseyngulu Bagirov told journalists.
According to him, in the Soviet period, nearly 35,000 ha are in Absheron peninsula consists of oil-contaminated soil: “Its 15,000 ha underwent serious contamination. Approximately 1.5 bln tonnes of oil have been extracted so far. It’s impossible to eliminate damage in the nature in a short-time”.