Azerbaijan Army’s engineer-sapper units together with Turkish military sappers continue to carry out the work on clearance of mines and unexploded ordnance in the liberated territories, APA reports citing Ministry of Defence.
In order to ensure road traffic safety, demining of roads and snow clearing and engineering work to lay new supply roads in the direction of the positions of the Azerbaijan Army Units deployed in the mountainous terrain are underway.
As a result of the activity of engineering and fortification units in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, from December 1 to December 10, 342 anti-personnel and anti-tank mines have been found and 97,7 hectares of the area has been cleared of mines.
Totally, 17202 mines and unexploded ordnance have been found and destroyed by the engineering and fortification troops in the liberated territories so far, 13273 hectares of the area have been cleared of mines, and 628 km of road has been constructed in interaction with other government agencies.