The British-registered HALO Trust charity has cleared the last of minefields in Abkhazia, a spokesman for the NGO said.
HALO Trust, which has been working in Abkhazia since 1997, has destroyed 9,700 landmines and about 50,000 items of ordnance and cleared 360 minefields.
The Abkhazian authorities describe HALO Trust’s results as impressive.
About 500 civilians were killed by landmines in Abkhazia since 1993, and 10 demolition engineers were injured.
