As Ednews reported that funded by the European Union (EU) and the US State Department and carried out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in partnership with ANAMA, the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF) and the Mine Advisory Group (MAG), Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), the opening ceremony of the project "supporting the safe return of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) through Capacity Building" was held.
On June 16 representatives of ANAMA, the EU, UNDP, the US Embassy, IEPF and MAG took part in the opening ceremony at the Terter Regional Training Center of the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF).
The event was attended by Chairman of the Board of ANAMA Samir Poladov, President of the IEPF Umud Mirzayev, official representative of the Azerbaijani representation of the European Union Udriste Oana, political adviser of the US Embassy Phillip Tissue and others and they greeted the guests and talked about the mine problem of Azerbaijan and the steps taken in this direction.
During the event, rats and dogs, which are the components of the project and were newly brought to the country by "APOPO" organization for demining activities, were presented to the public.
Mine-detecting rats brought from Africa were shown and their characteristics were also reported.
"There are many landmines buried by Armenian separatists after the Karabakh war on the territory of Azerbaijan. It is an African rat trained to search for mines and unexploded ordnance.
Their main feature is very little weight. Because when they step on the mine, it doesn't explode. In addition, they react not to the smell of metal, but to the smell of explosives."