President: Azerbaijan welcomes UK’s contribution to work on mine clearance in East Zangazur and Karabakh regions

“The involvement of the companies from the United Kingdom in the major restoration and reconstruction efforts across the territories we liberated from occupation two years ago is commendable,” President Ilham Aliyev said in the letter of congratulation to Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Report informs.

“We welcome the UK’s contribution to the work on mine clearance and elimination of unexploded ordnance as they remain a significant impediment to the socioeconomic reintegration of East Zangazur and Karabakh regions. I am confident that we will successfully continue our joint efforts to cement the friendship between Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom, deepen our bilateral ties in every field and further expand our mutually beneficial cooperation,” the President said.