Azerbaijan announced a new aid package for Ukraine, which would include mechanical mine clearance vehicles.

This became known during the meeting of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Bohdan Drapiaty, with the Azerbaijani delegation headed by the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Ukraine, Seymour Mardaliev.

The main topic of the negotiations was the issue of humanitarian demining in Ukraine and the assistance of Baku in this regard.

Azerbaijan joins the list of countries that will conduct training for Ukrainian specialists in the field of demining.

“We want to express our admiration for your resilience and courage in repelling the aggression of the Russian Federation. That is why we decided to increase the size of the aid package to Ukraine, in particular, on the issue of humanitarian demining. We have already made political commitments to help Ukraine,” Mardaliev noted.

According to him, there are four areas of cooperation in which Azerbaijan is ready to help Ukraine:

• medical and psychological rehabilitation for Ukrainian children who suffered as a result of the Russian invasion;
• rehabilitation of military personnel;
• providing assistance in the energy sector;
• post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.

“We have chosen the city of Irpin for our cooperation, it regards rebuilding the city’s infrastructure. The concept of the project envisages the reconstruction of an architectural center, a sports complex, the construction of a new art center for children, the provision of medical equipment for the hospital,” the ambassador said.

Besides, Azerbaijan joins the list of countries that will conduct trainings for Ukrainians in the field of demining.

As previously reported, in July, Azerbaijan allocated $7.6 million for the provision of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

In this regard, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, signed the relevant order.

According to him, from the reserve fund of the President of Azerbaijan provided for in the state budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2023, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated $7.6 million in manat equivalent for the purchase and supply of electrical equipment to Ukraine to provide it with humanitarian aid.

Domestic manufacturers are ready to meet the production needs for the equipment needed to demine the territory of Ukraine from mines and unexploded ordnance.