Despite Azerbaijan's repeated calls on Armenia to provide landmine maps in order to put an end to this threat, Yerevan has long denied the existence of such maps for a long time, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on occasion of April 4 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, according to Report.
"However, the reliability of the information, which was presented as a result of pressure from the international community, covering a small part of the landmine planted areas, was only 25%. More than 55% of recent landmine cases have occurred outside the areas covered by the information provided," the ministry said.
It noted in a statement, the behavior displayed by Armenia in relation to the landmine threat is yet another setback to the peace and confidence-building measures taken during the post-conflict period in the region.
