ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Azerbaijan and Italy, also united on the issue of demining: on the one hand, one of the most contaminated countries in the world, on the other one of the most engaged nations on the issue of mines, as demonstrated by the conference “Demining: preventing danger, rebuilding the future. The point of view of Azerbaijan, organized at the initiative of Senator Marco Scurria in the Sala dell’Istituto di Santa Maria in Aquiro del Senato italiano on 14 April.
According to a statement issued by the Azerbaijani Embassy in Rome, the event was moderated by journalist Annamaria Esposito, who from the beginning was able to mark the time of a busy debate, which compared data, experiences and current events, on the day when the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces the killing, precisely because of the mines, of an operator freed from the disminement22.
To take the word Senator Marco Scurria, president of the Group of Friendship Italian-Azerbaigian Parliamentary Union, who highlighted the active collaboration between Italy and Azerbaijan also on this issue and the dynamic role of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Rome, as well as underlining the importance of the word peace at the end of the conflicts, a peace that mines often delay in arriving.
Among the institutional interventions also that of Ettore Rosato, Secretary of Copasir (Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic), who expressed the compliments to Azerbaijan for the rapidity, modernity and innovation of the reconstruction process in Karabakh and Gianluca Brusco, Head of Unit for international humanitarian interventions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International greetings, which highlighted the importance of the Just from ANAMA came the testimony of Samir Poladov, Vice President of the Board of Directors, who recalled numbers – 11667 km2 minati in Azerbaijan according to estimates, methods of demining and ongoing challenges. Giuseppe Schiavello, Director of the Italian Campaign against Mine ONLUS, then presented the Italian experience: Italy, who so intensely collaborates with Azerbaijan, never distinguished on the type of mine, because the latter, like the unexploded ordnances, risk the lives of civilians.
Finally, Fabrizio Conti, creative director of ArtCloud network international, who for years has been operating in Karabakh in processes of reconstruction and architectural and cultural protection, has brought a direct experience of his numerous visits to the liberated territories. Project two videos about women and the situation on the field. In his words at the end of the conference, the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Italy, Rashad Aslanov, thanked the organizers, the speakers and the numerous public and recalled again how the presence of mines slowed the return to the refugee’s home, waited for 30 years. But the process is now underway, and the future, also thanks to international cooperation and Italy in particular, is full of optimism.
The appointment, Annamaria Esposito recalled, is in September in Baku, at the 4th International Conference on Mine Action, from the theme “Humanitarian Development for Urban Resumption: defining the standards of excellence for secure settlements”, which will aim to promote innovative approaches and strengthen the role of action against mines, as a foundation for resilient and secure communities.
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