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False maps and real victims: Armenia's mine map claims crumble under civilian casualties

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07.04.2025

The Armenian side continues to express its misguided stance regarding peace, humanitarianism, and security. While Armenian officials speak of humanitarian gestures and accurate minefield maps, the reality on the ground in Azerbaijan tells a different, harrowing story. In what can only be described as another carefully crafted manipulation campaign, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan recently claimed that “Armenia has fulfilled its humanitarian obligations” by unilaterally providing Azerbaijan with minefield maps on multiple occasions, both in 2021 and early 2024.

Badalyan asserts that the maps were correct and blames Azerbaijan for questioning their reliability. She even added that Armenia is “ready to verify the maps with international experts,” framing Armenia as a cooperative, peace-seeking party. Yet such declarations starkly contrast with the bloodied and amputated bodies of Azerbaijani civilians, children, and deminers injured or killed in areas supposedly covered by these “accurate” maps.

Just this week, today in fact, a tragedy struck in the Aghdam region when a landmine exploded in the village of Galaychilar, injuring three members of the same family — a........

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