So far, more than 1,300 landmines planted by illegal Armenian armed groups have been discovered on Saribaba height, Major General of the Azerbaijani Army Munasib Babayev said while informing the military attachés of foreign countries accredited in Azerbaijan and journalists.
"We are currently at the height of Saribaba. The enemy has buried more than 350 mines. Those mines were produced in Armenia in 2021 and belong to the armed forces of this country," he said.
Major-General said that illegal Armenian militants even buried anti-tank mines in Saribaba:
"Major General Andrei Volkov, commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces temporarily stationed in Azerbaijan at the invitation of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, Major General Fatih Akpinar, the head of the Turkish contingent of the Turkiye-Russia Joint Monitoring Center, and Rear Admiral Oleg Semyonov, the head of the Russian contingent, visited the area yesterday. With their consent, in order to carry out the mutual clearing work of engineering troops, the clearing of other buried mines will be continued tomorrow under the supervision of peacekeepers."