(MENAFN- AzerNews) By trend
The area ofillegal exploitation of the 'Damirli' iron ore and
copper-molybdenum deposit in Azerbaijan has grown by two times over
the year, Head of the Department of Zoology and Physiology at Baku
State University Abulfaz Taghiyev said at the peaceful rally of
Azerbaijan's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on December 15
near Shusha, trend reports from the scene.
According to Taghiyev, the rally is aimed at conveying to the
opposite side the necessity to put an end to this ecological
terror.
He emphasized that the ores mined in the deposit's territory
were rapidly plundered.
'As a result of the exploitation, the ecological state of this
territory has deteriorated. We inform Armenian citizens of
Azerbaijan living in Karabakh that the deterioration of the
ecological situation will primarily negatively affect them,” the
head of department noted.
“Our main goal is to convey this to them, and we'll continue our
peaceful rally until achievement of this goal,' Taghiyev said.
The representatives of Azerbaijani non-governmental
organizations have been protesting close to the post of Russian
peacekeepers [temporarily stationed in Azerbaijan in accordance
with trilateral statement signed between Azerbaijani, Armenian and
Russian leaders following the 2020 Second Karabakh War] against the
inadmissibility of Azerbaijani specialists to the territory, to
monitor the illegal exploitation of deposits in the area of
stationing the peacekeepers.
Previously, following the negotiations 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
on December 10, was going to begin the preliminary monitoring in
accordance with the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits, as
well as the emerging environmental and other consequences of this
on the territory of Azerbaijan.
It was planned to inspect the environmental conditions 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, despite the group's arrival, accompanied by Russian
peacekeepers, in the monitoring area, it 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, but also prevented for the entire process to
carry on.