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UXO, mine explosions have killed 532 people in Azerbaijan since 1991 â€“ deputy PM

26 September 2017 08:59 (UTC +04:00)

Since 1991, some 532 people have been killed and over 2,400 injured as a result of explosions of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and mines in Azerbaijan, said Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov.

There are two types of problems of mines and UXO in Azerbaijan, the deputy PM said addressing the event named “Presentation of JCP Phase III, The Future of ANAMA-NATO/NSPA PfP Trust Fund projects in Azerbaijan”, which was held in Baku on Tuesday, APA reported.

“There are problems of mines and UXO exist in the territories occupied by Armenia, as well as in the territories liberated from the Armenian occupation, and in training grounds and bases abandoned by the former Soviet army,” he said.

Sharifov reminded that 30 people were killed and 93 others injured in an explosion that occurred in a military base of the former Soviet army which was stationed in Saloghlu settlement of Azerbaijan’s Aghstafa district.

The deputy primer went on to say that the territory of Jeyranchel, located in the north-western part of the Azerbaijani-Georgian border, is one of the areas posing major threats.