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Turkish parliament member expresses support to peaceful protest on Lachin-Khankendi road

Politics Materials 5 February 2023 10:58 (UTC +04:00)
Turkish parliament member expresses support to peaceful protest on Lachin-Khankendi road
Elchin Mehdiyev
Elchin Mehdiyev
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 5. We support the protest of activists on the Lachin-Khankendi road, Turkish Grand National Assembly member Shamil Ayrim told reporters, Trend reports.

”They express a fair protest against the illegal exploitation of the natural resources of Azerbaijan for many years. The whole world should know that this is the territory of Azerbaijan, and those who want to drive along this road must obtain permission from Azerbaijan,” he said.

The peaceful protest of Azerbaijani environmental activists on the Lachin-Khankendi road against the illicit exploitation of Azerbaijan's mineral resources in the area of Russian peacekeepers' temporary deployment has been going on for over fifty days.

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 and prevented for the entire process to carry on.

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