(MENAFN- AzerNews) By trend
Conditions for the movement of supply vehicles of
Russian peacekeepers [temporarily stationed in Azerbaijan following
the trilateral statement of Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian
leaders after the 2020 second Karabakh war] were again created on
the Khankandi-Lachin road passing through Shusha, trend reports from the scene.
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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