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    Azeri expert slams foreign NGO for mine clearing in Karabakh

    Trend news agency
    18 May 06

    Baku, 18 May: The activity of the HALO Trust is illegal and the
    organization is violating international law by clearing mines on
    occupied Azerbaijani territories, Nazim Ismayilov, director of the
    Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), has told
    reporters.

    In accordance with international practice, munitions found and defused
    are not calculated in tonnes or kilograms. "Every landmine, every
    shell poses a hazard and it is inappropriate to talk about tonnes of
    them," Ismayilov said, adding that the HALO Trust's information was
    off the mark.

    "It is not possible to control the organization's work. They are
    working in Nagornyy Karabakh, Abkhazia and also in some African
    countries which are inaccessible for international monitoring. It is
    not known what the organization is actually doing," he stressed. He
    went on to say that the organization was deliberately choosing areas
    which are difficult to control.

    He said that the UK and the Netherlands were supporting the HALO
    Trust's activity. "Both states are funding the HALO Trust. To its
    protest, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry was told that the
    organization was allegedly carrying out humanitarian activity and its
    work was legitimate," he said.

    He added that Azerbaijan was seriously displeased with the
    organization's work.
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