BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 13. Representatives
of Azerbaijan’s non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been
protesting close to Shusha, near the publish of Russian peacekeepers,
for the second day, Trend experiences from the scene on December
13.
The protest is being held towards the inadmissibility of
Azerbaijani specialists to the territory, to watch the illicit
exploitation of mineral assets.
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 beneath 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 briefly
deployed, on December 10, 2022.
The knowledgeable group was anticipated to examine the environmental
situation on the ‘Gizilbulagh’ gold deposit and the ‘Damirli’
copper-molybdenum deposit, monitor numerous areas, manage
cadastral property information, assess potential dangers and threats to
the surroundings, 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 in each
instructions. Thus, the deliberate preliminary inspection and monitoring
did not happen because of the truth that Russian peacekeepers not
solely did not create the required circumstances but additionally participated in
a deliberate violation of this course of.
As US knowledgeable Peter Tase informed Trend, Russian peacekeeping forces
in liberated Karabakh are as ineffective because the OSCE Minsk Group.
“The Armenian fascist forces are planting anti-personnel
landmines alongside the Lachin hall, in addition to conducting sabotage
actions close to the Russian troops’ publish. What sort of peacekeepers
they’re if enable Armenian bandits to proceed their unlawful
mine-setting actions in breach of its obligations beneath the
trilateral assertion,” he mentioned.
Tase added that the Azerbaijani residents are holding a peaceable
motion aimed toward defending the surroundings and pure assets
administration.
According to him, the UN, the US authorities, and the EU are
required to reply rapidly and make Russia and Armenia cease
polluting water assets on Azerbaijani lands.
“Silence is just not an answer. Azerbaijan has made great
investments in defending the surroundings and has demonstrated
dedication to protect the biodiversity of the Caspian Sea.
Meantime, the Armenian terrorist regime is contaminating the land
with explosive mines and harmful pesticides, turning arable land
within the Azerbaijani territory into the world’s most harmful space,”
added the knowledgeable.
