(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 27. Journalist from
Spain has come to Azerbaijan to observe the peaceful protest on the
Lachin-Khankendi road, trend reports from the scene.
“This is my first time in Azerbaijan. I am here to observe the
protest. Azerbaijanis say that guards and buses pass normally
(along Azerbaijan's Lachin-Khankendi road), we are here to see what
is really happening,” the traveler said.
Currently, the representatives of foreign media are on a visit
in Azerbaijan's Shusha. They visited the territory where the
Azerbaijani eco-activists are currently holding a peaceful protest
and got acquainted with the demands of participants.
The peaceful protest on the Lachin-Khankendi road against the
illegal exploitation of Azerbaijan's mineral resources in the area
of Russian peacekeepers' temporary deployment has been going on
since December 12, 2022.
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, the expert group, accompanied by Russian peacekeepers,
faced provocations when arriving in the monitoring area. 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 the entire process from
carrying on.
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