Today's conference is a special topic for Azerbaijan and for all mankind. As a result of Armenia's policy, Azerbaijan was among the most polluted countries in the world with mines and unexploded military equipment.

The EPA reports that President Ilham Əliyev addressed the participants of an international conference on "Fighting the Mine Threat—A Road to Sustainable Development."

"In 2020, Armenia ended the invasion of Azerbaijan. During the 44-day War, our country was victorious. As a result of Armenia's thirty-year aggression and occupation, more than 1 million Azerbaijani people were expelled from their homeland, subjected to ethnic cleansing, destroyed our villages, cities, and destroyed our people's historical, cultural, and religious heritage.

Armenia not only buried more than 1.5 million mines in the invasion but also in the early assessment of our lands."