Baku gives awards to Russian Emergencies Ministry specialists for work in Karabakh

Azerbaijan authorities have conferred state medals and decorations upon a group of the Russian Emergencies Ministry who took part in mine clearing operations in the Nagorno-Karabakh territories that were handed over to Baku, the national Emergencies Ministry said.

"The group of Russian specialists who took part in the operation to clear mines from Azerbaijan’s liberated territories was awarded the Azerbaijan medal <…> and the Emergencies Ministry badge <…>," the agency reported.

On March 3, the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported that Russian specialists identified and neutralized more than 17,000 munitions in Nagorno-Karabakh since early December. The agency added that the humanitarian mine clearance had been completed in three districts of the country.