Azerbaijani peaceful protesters demand end to Armenia's environmental, mine terrorism in Karabakh
By Trend
The peaceful protest demands to put an end to Armenia's illegal actions on Azerbaijani lands, protester on the Lachin road Rafael Bahramov told Trend's correspondent in Shusha on December 19.
Bahramov, who was injured in an explosion of a mine set up by Armenian troops, appealed to his compatriots not to visit mine threat areas.
"A lot of Azerbaijanis died, even more people got injured in mine explosions. Armenia must put an end to this landmine terrorism and the illicit exploitation of liberated Karabakh's natural resources," Bahramov added.
Representatives of Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been protesting near Shusha, close to the Russian peacekeepers' temporary deployment area. The protest is being held against the inadmissibility of Azerbaijani specialists to the territory, to monitor the illicit exploitation of the country's mineral resources.
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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