Foreign Desk Report
Aghdam: Demining of the liberated territories in the Aghdam district of Azerbaijan continues, Allahveran Aliyev, Deputy Head of the Mayor’s Office of Aghdam district, told.
He noted that grain sowing in the liberated territories has begun. More than 700 hectares have already been plowed and planted, and this process continues.
Aliyev added that after the territories are completely cleared of mines, work will begin to restore them.
Aghdamkand and Sarijaly villages of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam district have been completely demined, a source in the district’s executive administration told.
According to the source, demining is currently underway in the villages of Giyasly and Shahbulag.
The Aghdam district was liberated from Armenian occupation on November 20, 2020 (as a result of a 44-day war from late Sept.27 through early Nov. 2020). The demining works are carried out by specialists of the Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) and the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.
The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) continues to clear the Aghdam district, Trend’s special correspondent reported.
ANAMA found a big number of unexploded ordnance, mines, and prohibited ammunition in Giyasli village of the district.
Due to the danger of transportation of the discovered shells, mines were neutralized on the spot.
The search operations are underway in the territory.
The process of implementing an order of the Azerbaijani president dated November 6 and December 14, 2020 to eliminate the damage caused to civilians, state property, including infrastructural facilities, and business entities as a result of the aggression of the Armed Forces of Armenia against Azerbaijan entered a new stage, Trend reports on Jan.5 referring to the Cabinet of Ministers.
According to the information, the fulfilling of the Azerbaijani president’s order dated December 14, 2020 on providing initial financial aid to the citizens who suffered the damage has begun.
As earlier reported, on December 14, 2020 Azerbaijan’s president signed an order ‘On additional measures to compensate for damage caused to civilians as a result of the aggression of the Armed Forces of Armenia that began on September 27, 2020, against the territory of Azerbaijan’.
In accordance with the order, for the aim to ensure at the initial stage the necessary social needs of the affected civilian population and to eliminate damage caused to their household and personal items due to the damage caused to the property of the civilian population as a result of the aggression of the Armenian Armed Forces against the territory of Azerbaijan, which began on September 27, 2020, the financial aid must be paid in the following amount:
– 6,000 manat ($3,530) to each family in connection with damage caused to household items for residential buildings destroyed or in emergency condition, 1,500 manat ($880) to each family member in connection with damage caused to personal items;
– 1,000 manat ($588.2) to each family for other affected residential buildings.
The Cabinet of Ministers was instructed to organize funding in accordance with the order. The relevant local executive authorities were instructed to ensure the payment of the financial aid envisioned by the order to the owners of residential buildings or their legal representatives through the bank.
