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A sign, reading "danger," near demining operations in Tartar, Azerbaijan. Photo: Mustafa Murat Kaynak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Azerbaijan is on the hunt for demining technologies and techniques, and hopes the U.S. can lend a hand, ambassador Khazar Ibrahim told Axios.

Why it matters: The collapse of the USSR and years of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia have saturated the region with unexploded ordnance, which can maim or kill and scare off industry.