(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 8. An Armenian
resident of Karabakh was sent back to Khankendi at the site of the
protest on the Khankendi-Lachin road, trend reports.
A few days ago, an Armenian civilian from an area under the
temporary control of Russian peacekeepers approached one of the
posts of the Azerbaijani army and asked for help, saying that he
was hungry, had a cold and wanted a cigarette.
The Armenian resident of Karabakh was treated with care. Today
in Shusha, at the site of the protest on the Khankendi-Lachin road,
this peaceful Armenian resident was sent back to Khankendi.
This fact once again demonstrated Azerbaijan's humanitarian
position, the peaceful nature of the action and its openness for
humanitarian purposes.
On the other hand, the request of an Armenian resident for help
is an example of the situation in which 25,000 - 30,000 Armenians
are being held hostage by Ruben Vardanyan, a fugitive Russian
billionaire of Armenian origin, who illegally seized the power in
Karabakh in Karabakh, and their happy life and security depend only
on Azerbaijan.
Meanwhile, The peaceful rally on Azerbaijan's Lachin-Khankendi
road to stop the illegal exploitation of Azerbaijan's natural
resources, and to allow their monitoring, has been going on for the
twenty-eighth day.
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.