15:56 - 4.02.2021

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February 4, Fineko/abc.az. After the end of the war, I instructed the Ministry of Defense to create additional sapper battalions, and they were created.

ABC. AZ reports that this was stated by President Ilham Aliyev during the reception of Vugar Suleymanov in a video format in connection with his appointment to the post of the chairman of board of the Agency for Mine Clearance of Territories.

"So far, 80-90% of the conducted mine clearance work has been carried out by the sappers of the Ministry of Defense. But after that, your Agency should take over the main work. Of course, the sappers of the Ministry of Defense will continue to work, as the amount of work is quite large," the president said.