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Ambassador: Azerbaijan expects U.S. support in mine clearance technologies

12 August 2026 15:08 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan is on the hunt for demining technologies and techniques, and hopes the U.S. can lend a hand, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to the United States told Axios.

The ambassador emphasized the scale of Azerbaijan’s landmine problem.

"Azerbaijan is, if you look at per-capita, one of the most landmine-contaminated countries in the world," Ibrahim said.

Baku hopes for cooperation with U.S. on demining

"There are many, many, many technological advances in the world that can help," he said. "We hope we can work with the United States also on this issue."

Clearing land is expensive, time-consuming and dangerous. Countless mines are in the ground around the world.

Correct mapping is one of the key issues

"One of the critical things is actually having correct mapping," Ibrahim said.

U.S.-Azerbaijan cooperation is expanding

"The good thing about the current U.S. administration," Ibrahim said, "is that whatever you agree upon, you immediately start working on."

Axios writes that the collapse of the USSR and years of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia have saturated the region with unexploded ordnance, which can maim or kill and scare off industry. The Marshall Legacy Institute has since 2005 donated more than 90 mine-detection dogs to the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action. Azerbaijan has sought closer ties with the U.S. post-peace pact and post-partnership agreement in everything from artificial intelligence to energy.