Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, Hikmat Hajiyev, revealed the latest number of mine victims before the international conference on landmines, Report informs.
Posting an image indicating the number of mine victims on X, Hajiyev noted:
“(The number of) Mine victims of Azerbaijan continue to grow. Innocent civilians and landmine clearance operatives are the main victims. Armenia implanted millions of landmines in the formerly occupied lands of Azerbaijan.”
An international conference on tackling landmines will be held in Azerbaijan’s Zangilan. Peter Michalko, the Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Azerbaijan, has already left for Zangilan.