AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, March 16. We have repeatedly applied to international organizations in connection with the critical situation on Azerbaijan's Okhchuchay river since 2020, Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev said during strategic consultations on cooperation between Azerbaijan and the UN, held in Aghdam, Trend reports.
According to him, starting from 2020, Azerbaijan has repeatedly appealed to relevant international organizations, including the UN Economic Commission for Europe, the UN Environment Program, and others, in connection with the environmental threat and the critical state of the transboundary Okhchuchay river due to the constant pollution by Armenia. The minister said that in regard to the other regional rivers, Azerbaijan also made appeals to the aforementioned organizations.
Azerbaijan's Agdam hosts strategic consultations on cooperation between Azerbaijan and the UN.
The event is attended by the heads of Azerbaijan's Ministries of Ecology and Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Health, the State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture, the State Committee for Family, Women, and Children, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), Special Representatives of the President of Azerbaijan, employees of the Presidential Administration represented in the Interdepartmental Center operating under the Coordination Headquarters, as well as senior officials of the offices of UN agencies operating in Azerbaijan.