BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 7. Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has commented on the priority of the
US about Azerbaijan allegedly “blocking” Azerbaijan’s
Lachin-Khankendi street, Trend reviews.
As Michael Carpenter, US Ambassador to OSCE, said in his
Twitter publication, the US stays involved concerning the Lachin street
being allegedly “blocked” for over three weeks, “making a grave
humanitarian state of affairs”.
“We thank the International Committee of the Red Cross for
offering vital support throughout this time, however name on Azerbaijan and
Russia to revive entry instantly,” he added.
Aykhan Hajizada, Spokesperson of the Azerbaijani MFA, has
responded to Carpenter, saying that “it’s unlucky that the
ambassador is deceived by false narrative on “blockade” and
“humanitarian situation”, on the identical time asking the ambassador,
“why is it okay to make use of the street for all types of unlawful
actions, however protesting towards isn’t applicable?”.
He has additionally rightly identified that, if the Lachin-Khankendi
street had been closed, no car would have handed it.
At the identical time, greater than 20 automobiles belonging to the Russian
peacekeepers have handed alongside the Lachin-Khankendi street simply
yesterday.
Armenian media has been spreading disinformation that
Azerbaijani activists allegedly blocked the Lachin-Khankendi street
and don’t let provide automobiles by means of.
Meanwhile, representatives of Azerbaijani non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) have been peacefully protesting close to Shusha,
near the Russian peacekeepers’ momentary deployment space, for
the seventeenth day. A peaceable protest is being held towards the
inadmissibility of Azerbaijani specialists to the territory, to
monitor the illicit exploitation of the nation’s mineral
sources.
Previously, following the talks with the Russian peacekeepers’
command on December 3 and seven, 2022, a gaggle of specialists from the
Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the State
Property Service below 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 skilled staff was anticipated to examine the environmental
situation on the ‘Gizilbulagh’ gold deposit and the ‘Damirli’
copper-molybdenum deposit, monitor varied 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 skilled group,
accompanied by Russian peacekeepers, confronted provocations. The
deliberate preliminary inspection and monitoring didn’t happen because of
the truth that the Russian peacekeepers not solely didn’t create
needed situations but in addition prevented for your complete course of to
keep it up.
