Peaceful Protests On Khankandi-Lachin Road To Continue Till Exploitation Of Azerbaijan's Natural Resources Stops Participant
Date
12/21/2022 3:23:19 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 21. Peaceful
protests on the Khankandi-Lachin road will continue until the
illicit exploitation of Azerbaijan's natural resources stops, Head
of the Environmental Education and Monitoring Public Union Gamza
Yusubova, participating in the rally near Shusha, close to the area
of Russian peacekeepers' temporary deployment, told a trend correspondent at
the scene on December 21.
'Each protester is worried that the international community is
not fully aware of things happening here at the moment. We're
holding peaceful protests, and the Lachin road is open for
humanitarian aid. We will not go anywhere till the illegal mineral
resource exploitation and environmental terrorism stop. As you can
see, more and more people join us, we firmly stand for our
positions and will achieve our goal,' she said.
Representatives of Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) have been protesting near Shusha, close to the Russian
peacekeepers' temporary deployment area. The protest is being held
against the inadmissibility of Azerbaijani specialists to the
territory, to monitor the illicit exploitation of the country's
mineral resources.
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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