The rightful protest organized by Azerbaijani volunteer youth and ecologists on the part of the Lachin-Khankendi road passing through the Shusha territory, demanding the cessation of the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits in the territory of Azerbaijan, and the permission to conduct monitoring in the “Gizilbulaq” and “Demirli” deposits, has been going on for 104 days. SIA reports that the activity of the participants of the action is being observed on the Lachin-Khankendi road. The participants sang the National Anthem of Azerbaijan, as usual, in the morning.
In Shusha, foggy weather conditions are observed.
All security measures were organized at a high level by law enforcement officers in the area.
It should be noted that the participants of the action regularly hold up placards in Azerbaijani, Russian and English languages about stopping the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits in Karabakh, “Azerbaijan is awake, it supports its wealth!”, “End environmental crime!” etc. The participants of the action declare that they will continue their protest until their demands are met.
It should be recalled that as a result of discussions held with the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent on December 3 and 7 of last year, a team consisting of experts from the Ministries of Economy, Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, the State Service for Real Estate Affairs under the Ministry of Economy, and “AzerGold” Closed Joint Stock Company joined the Russian peacekeeping mission. should have conducted initial monitoring of the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits in the territories of Azerbaijan where the contingent was temporarily stationed, as well as the resulting environmental and other consequences. However, due to the inactivity of the peacekeepers, the monitoring did not take place. As a protest against this, Azerbaijani eco-activists started a peaceful action on the Lachin-Khankendi road passing through the Shusha territory from December 12.
