A Turkish company will sweep off landmines in an area of 3.85 hectares to begin railway transportation between Turkey and Syria, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Thursday. The firm TUSAN, which won a tender held in the southeastern Kilis province on April 21 for clearing landmines on the railway route, will complete the work in a month, Turhan Ayvaz, Governor of Kilis was quoted as saying. The work is needed to clear off the area to inaugurate the Cobanbey Train Station in the town of Elbeyli which is separate from a bid to clear landmines at the Turkey-Syria border region, said Ayvaz. The Turkish government issued a law on clearing mine fields along the country's border with Syria on June 17, which makes it possible to lease the mine-riddled areas for agricultural use. 