UNDP: We want to use new technologies in demining Azerbaijani territories

Demining is one of the priority areas of UNDP work in Azerbaijan, Report informs citing UNDP Officer-in-Charge in Azerbaijan Sukhrob Khojimatov.

According to him, the interaction of the participants in the international conference on demining in Baku will allow "creating a kind of roadmap for developing a new strategy, and will also help create a system of sustainable financing".

"Technologies and systems are changing and we want to use all this in demining the territories of Azerbaijan. This will also lead to a reduction in the time for demining, increasing the efficiency and reducing the cost of demining work and will save more lives," Sukhrob Khojimatov said.

Today, Baku is hosting an international conference on the topic "Humanitarian demining and sustainable development goals."

The agenda of the conference covers topics such as improving cooperation mechanisms to enhance global demining efforts, the joint participation in this process of government organizations, the international community, the private sector, and civil society, the application of best practices, and innovative methods and technological innovations.

About 120 participants from 30 countries are taking part in it, including 20 officials of structures specialized in the field of demining from the UK, Serbia, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Angola, and Cambodia, Jordan, Sudan, etc. Among the participants are also members of parliaments of foreign countries, representatives of international organizations, and embassies.