| On Friday 8 November, the participants traveled by train to Horadiz in Fizuli region in the far west of the country, ten kilometers north of the Iranian border. They met with the Chief Administrator of Fizuli region, Nabi Mukhrarov, to discuss the socio-economic impact of the weapon on local communities. The regional ANAMA office hosted the ICBL field visit, showing participants their facilities and providing lunch and a meeting room. The group met with the regional director, Tariel Gakhramanov, and Shahin Ibrahimov, director of the non-governmental demining organization Relief Azerbaijan. The participants visited a Relief Azerbaijan/ANAMA mine clearance operation on a hillside by a village being rebuilt for returning IDPs. |
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