ArmInfo.The Turkish Foreign Ministry calls on Armenia to hand over accurate mine maps to Azerbaijan. This is stated in a statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on the occasion of the "International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action."
The Turkish Foreign Ministry recalls that the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 4 April as the "International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action" to draw attention to the dangers of mines and unexploded ordnance.
At the same time, the department assured that Turkiye makes a tangible contribution to the fight against land mines and sea mines worldwide and in the region.
"Through the Turkish Mine Action Centre, we support international cooperation under the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.
We share the security concerns of countries such as Afghanistan, long threatened by mine contamination, and Azerbaijan, whose liberated territories contain many undetected mines. We call on Armenia to hand over accurate mine maps to Azerbaijan. We reaffirm our continued strong support, both on the ground and in international fora, for countries tackling the mine risk," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
Notably, Armenia has already handed over to Azerbaijan all the maps of minefields of occupied Artsakh at their disposal. But the Azerbaijani authorities continue to make some demands, expressing dissatisfaction with the inaccuracy of maps.