Azerbaijan Again Urges Armenia to Provide Accurate Information on Landmines

Baku once again urged Yerevan to share accurate information on landmines massively planted by Armenia on the territory of Azerbaijan during the occupation.

In a post on X, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said Baku welcomes the adoption of the resolution on anti-personnel landmines at the UN, The Caspian Post reports.

“As an original co-sponsor Azerbaijan welcomes the adoption of the resolution “The Impact of Anti-Personnel Mines on the Full Enjoyment of All Human Rights” at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Adopted on Friday, on International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action the resolution paves the way for taking global mine action to historically new level through recognizing and restoring affected human rights of millions of land mine victims globally,” the ministry stated.

“As the country affected by massive contamination of landmines and other ERWs as a result of 3 decades-long occupation of its territories by Armenia, Azerbaijan will continue its efforts at national and international levels to ensure “respect for obligations under international human rights and humanitarian laws” in respect to rights of land mine victims,” it noted.

“We also underscore the importance of the call in the resolution upon States “to cooperate effectively to address the impact of anti-personnel mines on the protection and promotion of all human rights by, inter alia, accelerating demining efforts”.

The ministry emphasized that the fulfillment of this call as well as obligations under humanitarian law requires states to also share accurate information to help mapping the landmine planted areas, which is instrumental for the protection of the civilian population in particular in post-conflict settings.

“In this regard, we once again call on the Armenian side to respect its obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law and share accurate information on land mines massively planted on the territory of Azerbaijan during the occupation,” the ministry said.

“We will also continue our efforts to support international cooperation to ensure practical steps on restoring rights of LMVs in full and strengthening victim assistance,” it added.