(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, February 4. World-acclaimed
travelers from 12 countries observed the peaceful protest of
Azerbaijani NGOs on the Lachin-Khankendi road, trend reports from the
scene.
The visitors were told that the rally is being held against the
illicit exploitation of the country's mineral resources in the area
of Russian peacekeepers' temporary deployment.
The peaceful protest on the Lachin-Khankendi road has been going
on for over fifty days.
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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