BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 27. The
peaceable protest of Azerbaijanis on the Lachin-Khankendi street
in opposition to the unlawful exploitation of mineral assets in
Azerbaijan’s Karabakh Economic Region continues, Trend studies from the
scene.
The calls for of the protesters stay unchanged.
Currently, eco-activists and volunteers protesting on the
Lachin-Khankendi street are chanting slogans reminiscent of “Stop
eco-terror!”, “No ecocide!”.
The participant of the peaceable rally state that there
are not any obstacles to the free passage alongside the Lachin-Khankendi
street. The street stays open for humanitarian functions.
The peaceable protest on the Lachin-Khankendi street
in opposition to the unlawful exploitation of Azerbaijan’s mineral assets
within the space of Russian peacekeepers’ non permanent deployment has been
happening since December 12, 2022.
Previously, following the talks with the Russian
peacekeepers’ command on December 3 and seven, 2022, a bunch of specialists
from the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the State
Property Service underneath the Ministry of Economy, and AzerGold CJSC
had 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 professional group was anticipated to examine the
environmental situation on the ‘Gizilbulagh’ gold deposit and the
‘Damirli’ copper-molybdenum deposit, monitor numerous areas,
arrange cadastral property information, assess potential dangers and
threats to the setting, in addition to to underground and floor
water sources.
However, the professional group, accompanied by Russian
peacekeepers, confronted provocations when arriving within the monitoring
space. The deliberate preliminary inspection and monitoring didn’t take
place resulting from the truth that the Russian peacekeepers not solely did
not create needed situations but additionally prevented for your complete
course of from carrying on.