Armenia's Illegal Mining Activities Persist - Official (PHOTO)
Date
9/12/2024 5:19:10 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 12. Illegal mining
activities continue in Armenia, Co-founder of“Environmental
Protection First” coalition Amin Mammadov said during a media
briefing, Trend
reports.
According to him, the“Environmental Protection First” coalition
was supported by Armenian NGOs protesting against the Armenian
government's plans to mine Gold in the Amuldagh mine in early
2024.
He noted that following this activity, in May 2024, a map of
Armenia's mining industry in Armenian, English, and Azerbaijani,
prepared by the Society of Cartographers of Azerbaijan, a member of
the coalition, was presented to the public.
“Despite all these actions and protests, the Armenian government
continues to allow foreign investor companies to invest in these
activities on Armenian territory and does not require them to
submit any environmental impact assessment reports either to the
Armenian public or to neighboring countries.
Thus Armenia continues to seriously violate the Aarhus
Convention (On Access to Information, Public Participation in
Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters) to
which it has acceded, as well as the Espoo Convention (Convention
on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context).
In this context, there have been repeated protests both from the
relevant governmental structures of Azerbaijan and from civil
society.
Independent experts of Azerbaijan demanded the monitoring of
enterprises operating in these territories in Armenia and the
involvement of Azerbaijani specialists in this monitoring.
Meanwhile, there have not been any statements or positions on
the part of Armenia regarding the fulfillment of this demand. As
members of the coalition, we once again express our strong protest
on this issue and, drawing the attention of the international
community to this issue, we demand from Armenia serious steps in
this area,” he added.
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