Baku: Over 55% of recent landmine cases have occurred outside areas covered by maps provided by Armenia

Despite Azerbaijan's repeated calls on Armenia to provide landmine maps in order to put an end to this threat, Yerevan has long denied the existence of such maps for a long time, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on occasion of April 4 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, according to Report.

"However, the reliability of the information, which was presented as a result of pressure from the international community, covering a small part of the landmine planted areas, was only 25%. More than 55% of recent landmine cases have occurred outside the areas covered by the information provided," the ministry said.

It noted in a statement, the behavior displayed by Armenia in relation to the landmine threat is yet another setback to the peace and confidence-building measures taken during the post-conflict period in the region.