Day 29: Environmental Vigil Of Azerbaijani Eco-Activists On Major Karabakh Road In Full Swing
(MENAFN- AzerNews) For nearly 30 days, no incidents have been recorded at the venue
as vehicles of the Russian peacekeepers move freely along the road
in both directions. Though the whole of the region is under
newly-fallen white snow, eco-activists – most of whom have never
seen snow – remain determined and resolute to succeed in their just
cause.
Throughout the day, the pickets sing various patriotic songs
without interfering with traffic in both directions, holding
slogans, reading 'Azerbaijan is the owner of its mineral
resources!', 'End environmental crimes!', 'Stop eco terror!',
'Protect nature!', 'No ecocide! Yes to monitoring!'
The ongoing media coverage of the environmental vigil and the
passage of military vehicles and fleets of cars owned by ethnic
Armenians, accompanied by IRGC vehicles, disprove reports of
Armenian and their foreign-based paid media outlets' mud-slinging
and libelous fabrication.
On January 8, when the region was in the grip of snow, several
vehicles of the Russian peacekeepers passed freely in both
directions along the Khankandi-Lachin road. On the same day, an
Armenian man was handed over to the peacekeepers, who had
previously approached one of the posts of the Azerbaijani army and
asked for help.
The failure of the Russian peacekeeping contingent to prevent
the illicit exploitation of natural resources in Karabakh has
resulted in the ongoing protest on the major road that passes by
Shusha. As a result of the December 3 and 7, 2022, talks with the
Russian peacekeeping command, a delegation comprising specialists
from the Ministries of Economy, Ecology and Natural Resources, the
State Property Service under the Ministry of Economy, and AzerGold
Company was to conduct a preliminary monitoring of the illegal
exploitation of mineral deposits in Karabakh, where peacekeepers
are temporarily stationed, as well as related environmental and
other problems.
However, due to the inaction of the peacekeepers, the monitoring
did not take place and resulted in the continuous protest of the
Azerbaijani eco-activists, thus paving the way for the birth of a
new movement.
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