Turkey launches mine clearance operation in Karabakh

  30 November 2020    Read: 733
 Turkey launches mine clearance operation in Karabakh

Special Mine Search and Clearing Teams of the Turkish Armed Forces have launched a mine-clearance operation in the liberated regions of Azerbaijan, the National Defense Ministry of Turkey tweeted. 

Turkish mine search teams will clear the area of mines and hold training for the Azerbaijani Army.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front.

On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia.

A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan. This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh

Finally, on 1 December, Armenia will hand over the Lachin District, over which the Lachin pass connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia passes.


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