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Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry: Engineering support measures are underway in the liberated territories

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Engineering work continues in the territories liberated as a result of the Patriotic War, which ended with the victory of the Azerbaijani Army under the command of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told AZERTAC.

According to the ministry, in order to ensure the safe movement of vehicles, the roads are cleared of mines by the units and subunits of the Engineering Troops of the Azerbaijan Army, and new supply roads are laid to ensure the operation of the units in difficult terrain, including mountainous areas.

As a result of the interaction of the Engineering Troops with other government agencies, in October of the current year more than 50 km, in total, more than 1.078 km of new supply roads have been laid in the liberated territories. Moreover, throughout the month of October 81 pieces and in total, 1.796 road signs have been installed at the side and above recently laid supply roads.

Engineer-sapper units completely cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance more than 550 hectares of land during the period from October 1 till now.

To date, more than 27.960 hectares of land have been cleared of mines by engineer-sapper units in the liberated territories. In total, 9.726 pieces of anti-personnel, 2.485 pieces of anti-tank and 10.316 pieces of unexploded ordnance have been detected and destroyed.

During the process the main efforts are focused on demining of settlements, agricultural fields, roads and infrastructure facilities.

Measures on detection and neutralization of mines and unexploded ordnance, as well as other necessary activities for engineering support, are underway in the liberated territories.

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