Protesters Near Azerbaijan's Shusha Demand End To Environmental Terrorism Protestor
Date
12/13/2022 10:08:17 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, December 13. We've arrived
in Azerbaijani Shusha this morning, and more and more young
activists demanding an end to environmental terrorism are joining
the rally, Adviser to the Chairman of the Azerbaijani 'Davam' Youth
Movement Niyaz Aliyev told trend correspondent in Shusha on December 13.
Aliyev took part in protests of Azerbaijani non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) against the inadmissibility of specialists to
the territory of Russian peacekeepers' temporary deployment, to
monitor the illicit exploitation of the country's mineral
resources.
'Protesters have been waiting for Commander of the Russian
peacekeeping forces General Andrei Volkov for the second day. We
want him to come and answer why Azerbaijani specialists are not
allowed to monitor the illegal exploitation of fields on the
country's land. We're not going anywhere until General Volkov
arrives and our expert team is allowed for monitoring,' he
said.
Representatives of Azerbaijani NGOs have been protesting near
Shusha, close to the Russian peacekeepers' temporary deployment
area.
Previously, following the talks with the Russian peacekeepers'
command on December 3 and 7, 2022, a group of experts from the
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the State Property
Service under the Ministry of Economy, and AzerGold CJSC were going
to begin preliminary monitoring of the illicit mineral resource
exploitation, as well as emerging environmental implications on
Azerbaijani lands, where the Russian peacekeepers are temporarily
deployed, on December 10, 2022.
The expert team was expected to inspect the environmental
condition at the 'Gizilbulagh' gold deposit and the 'Damirli'
copper-molybdenum deposit, monitor various areas, organize
cadastral property records, assess potential risks and threats to
the environment, as well as to underground and surface water
sources.
However, when arriving in the monitoring area, the expert group,
accompanied by Russian peacekeepers, faced provocations. The
planned initial inspection and monitoring did not take place due to
the fact that the Russian peacekeepers not only did not create
necessary conditions and prevented for the entire process to carry
on.
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