(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Sabina Mammadli read more Members of the Russian Community of Azerbaijan and the Russian
Youth Association joined the peaceful protest of environmental
activists on the Lachin-Khankendi road, which has been going on in
the area for 52 consecutive days, Azernews reports.
'From day one of the picket, the Russian community of Azerbaijan
has supported legitimate demands of the Azerbaijani environmental
activists on the Lachin-Khankandi road. Today we have personally
joined this action,' Vice-Chairman of the Russian Community
Anastasia Lavrina said.
She stressed that Karabakh is an internationally recognized
territory of Azerbaijan, and questioned those who are condemning
Azerbaijan's actions if they would allow the illicit exploitation
of minerals and environmental destruction in their homelands.
Besides, employees of Czech Television (CT), the public service
broadcaster in the Czech Republic, arrived at the venue of the
picketing.
The pickets informed foreign reporters about the reasons for the
rally.
A passenger car and 18 trucks of Russian peacekeepers moved from
Lachin in the direction of Khankandi along the sole road today.
Following discussions with the command of the Russian
peacekeeping contingent on December 3 and 7, 2022, Azerbaijani
specialists from the Ministries of Economy, Ecology, and Natural
Resources, the State Service for Property Issues under the Ministry
of Economy, and AzerGold Company were to conduct primary monitoring
on illegal exploitation of mineral deposits on Azerbaijani
territory. However, the monitoring failed due to the provocation of
ethnic Armenians.
After the Russian peacekeepers' failure to provide the necessary
conditions for the Azerbaijani agency representatives to carry out
their duties in the area, a group of eco-activists, NGOs, and
public representatives have taken to the street in protest at the
peacekeepers' repugnance to live up to their obligations in line
with the November 10, 2020, peace deal to maintain peace and order
in the region, and oust the Armenian troops from the region and
prevent illegalities. However, time proved that the Russian
peacekeepers are driven by the interests of Russia rather than the
idea coming from the essence of the notion of peacekeeping as
universally understood.
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Sabina Mammadli is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on
Twitter: @sabinammdl
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