BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 30. Azerbaijan
resolutely rejects groundless accusations {that a} peaceable protest
of Azerbaijanis on the Lachin hall is a “blockade”, Deputy
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elnur Mammadov stated throughout the
public listening to on the UN International Court of Justice, Trend reviews.
“Tragically, Armenia has ceased upon the Lachin highway protest to
attempt to create political leverage within the ongoing peace negotiations
between the 2 states, and, as an alternative of attempting to resolve points,
it encourages hatred and concern of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis,” he
stated.
The deputy minister famous that Azerbaijan has not imposed any
restrictions on the visitors alongside the Lachin highway, not may it.
According to the trilateral assertion, the Lachin highway is beneath
management of the Russian peacekeepers.
“The protester have repeatedly stated that they haven’t any intention
of blocking the highway. Dozens of vehicles of the peacekeepers, ICRC
journey alongside the highway each day,” Mammadov added.
Meanwhile, the peaceable protest of Azerbaijani non-governmental
organizations on the Lachin-Khankendi highway in opposition to the illicit
exploitation of Azerbaijan’s mineral assets within the space of
Russian peacekeepers’ non permanent deployment has been occurring for
fifty days.
Previously, following the talks with the Russian peacekeepers’
command on December 3 and seven, 2022, a gaggle of specialists from the
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the State Property
Service beneath the Ministry of Economy, and AzerGold CJSC have been going
to start preliminary monitoring of the illicit mineral useful resource
exploitation, in addition to rising environmental implications on
Azerbaijani lands, the place the Russian peacekeepers are quickly
deployed, on December 10, 2022.
The knowledgeable crew was anticipated to examine the environmental
situation on the ‘Gizilbulagh’ gold deposit and the ‘Damirli’
copper-molybdenum deposit, monitor numerous areas, set up
cadastral property information, assess potential dangers and threats to
the setting, in addition to to underground and floor water
sources.
However, when arriving within the monitoring space, the knowledgeable group,
accompanied by Russian peacekeepers, confronted provocations. The
deliberate preliminary inspection and monitoring didn’t happen resulting from
the truth that the Russian peacekeepers not solely didn’t create
crucial circumstances but in addition prevented for the complete course of to
stick with it.
