BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 20. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia continues to spread false information about the closure of Lachin road and the number of Armenians living in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Aykhan Hajizade said on Twitter on December 20, Trend reports.
In order to refute the false information, Hajizade posted relevant videos.
"The videos show how cars pass freely along the Lachin road," Hajizade noted.
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 but also prevented for the entire process to carry on.