Azerbaijani, Russian Foreign Ministers Mull Karabakh, Peace Deal With Armenia In Moscow
Date
12/7/2022 6:13:17 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Fatima Hasanova
On December 5, the Azerbaijani and Russian foreign ministers
discussed Baku's call for monitoring of the ecological situation in
Karabakh, Azernews reports.
'Azerbaijan welcomes the participation of Russian companies in
the restoration of the liberated territories,' Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at a press conference following a
meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.
Azerbaijan has earlier sent specialists to investigate the
illicit exploitation of mineral resources on the Xankandi-Shusha
road.
Employees of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural
Resources, the State Property Service under the Ministry of
Economy, and AzerGold CJSC went to the Azerbaijani territory under
the temporary control of the Russian peacekeepers and continued
negotiations with the command of peacekeepers at their headquarters
in Xojali (Khojaly).
'Azerbaijan is actively restoring the territories liberated from
occupation. During this year, numerous missions of Russian business
delegations were carried out to these territories. We welcome the
participation of Russian companies in the restoration of the
liberated territories,' Bayramov said.
The minister noted that at his meeting in Moscow with Lavrov,
the need to promote the North-South project was discussed
separately.
'We believe that the potential of this project and the transit
route is much greater,' Bayramov said.
The ministers expressed serious concerns and discontent over the
illicit exploitation of minerals as part of illegal economic
activities carried out in Azerbaijan's territories, where Russian
peacekeeping forces are temporarily deployed, as well as over the
resulting environmental and other consequences. The sides
emphasized the importance of monitoring and inventorying property,
as well as conducting ecological studies at deposits where illegal
mining is carried out.
To recap, on December 5, a meeting was held between Azerbaijani
and Russian Foreign Ministers Jeyhun Bayramov and Sergei Lavrov in
Moscow. At the meeting, the foreign ministers discussed the state
and prospects of bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on the
most pressing aspects of the regional and international agenda,
including the issues of normalizing relations between Armenia and
Azerbaijan.
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