Azerbaijan says 282 people victims of mines since 2020 peace agreement

Azerbaijan said Tuesday that nearly 300 people were victims of mine explosions since a 2020 peace agreement between Baku and Yerevan ended a 44-day conflict in the Karabakh region.

“A total of 282 people have been victims of mines in the liberated territories since November 10, 2020, 46 of them lost their lives. Unfortunately, the number of mine victims continues to increase,” the head of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) Vugar Suleymanov said in a statement.

Relations between the two former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, and seven adjacent regions.