BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 7. Over 5,098.7 hectares of land were cleared of mines in Karabakh and East Zangezur over the past month (December 2025) as part of Azerbaijan's ongoing humanitarian demining operations, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) told Trend.
ANAMA reported that 4,169 mines and unexploded ordnance were detected and neutralized in the two regions during the reporting period.
“In the liberated territories of the Gazakh district, 4.4 hectares of land were cleared in December 2025, and 5 mines and unexploded ordnance were discovered,” the agency added.
The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action was founded in 1998. It mobilizes the requisite resources to address mine action in alignment with national needs and priorities, coordinates inter-agency efforts for the safe clearance of mines from de-occupied and war-affected regions, continues to conduct research, clears mines from territories, and transfers them to end users, while also communicating Azerbaijan's mine issue to the global community and enhancing mutually beneficial collaboration with international and donor organizations to combat the mine threat.
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