“In 2020, Azerbaijan put an end to Armenia’s occupation of its lands, and our country secured a historic victory as an outcome of a 44-day Patriotic War. President Ilham Aliyev said in his letter to the Participants of the International Conference themed “Mine Action – The Path to Reaching Sustainable Development Goals”.

The head of state noted that in the aftermath of Armenia’s 30 years-long aggression, over 1 million Azerbaijanis were expelled from their native lands and subjected to ethnic cleansing. While our cities and villages were razed to the ground and our people's historical, cultural and religious heritage deliberately annihilated: “The large-scale development work has immediately begun in our liberated territories to ensure a voluntary, secure and dignified return of our fellow citizens expelled from their homes. As we speak, the entire infrastructure destroyed during occupation is being rebuilt, and cities and villages are constructed in Karabakh and East Zangezur, declared green energy zone. Some of our completed work is evident; you have witnessed it firsthand during your visit to Azerbaijan”- President of Azerbaijan has emphasized.

President Ilham Aliyev has said that humanitarian demining is among Azerbaijan’s primary state priorities. The foundation of that policy was laid by the National Leader of the people of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, whose 100th anniversary we celebrate this year.