(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, January 5. Three cars of
the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) drove along
Azerbaijan's Lachin-Khankendi road [near Shusha, close to the area
of Russian peacekeepers' temporary deployment], where the peaceful
protests of Azerbaijanis have been going on for the twenty-fifth
day, trend reports from the scene.
Meanwhile, the Armenian media outlets have been spreading fake
news that the Azerbaijanis allegedly blocked the road, preventing
the vehicles to pass through.
The representatives of Azerbaijani non-governmental
organizations have been peacefully protesting 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 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 but also prevented for the entire process to
carry on.
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