Lachin road remains open to ICRC relief convoys More vehicles move to Khankendi

Seven vehicles belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) safely passed on the Khankendi-Lachin road on March 17 morning.

Six cars and a truck drove from Lachin towards Khankendi, Report informs.

The Azerbaijani protesters on the site do not impede the movement of vehicles used for humanitarian purposes.

Following the talks with the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent on December 3 and 7, 2022, a delegation consisting of specialists from the ministries of economy, ecology and natural resources, the State Committee on

Property Issues and the mining company AzerGold were to conduct preliminary monitoring of the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits on the territory of Azerbaijan, where peacekeepers are temporarily deployed, as well as related environmental and other problems. However, due to the peacekeepers’ inactivity, the monitoring did not take place.

On December 12, 2022, Azerbaijani eco-activists, volunteers and civil society representatives began a peaceful protest demanding an end to environmental terrorism and a halt to the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits.

Volunteers and activists participating in the demonstrations chanted slogans without obstructing traffic in either direction: "Azerbaijan is the owner of its subsoil!", "End environmental crimes!", "Stop eco-terror!", "Save nature!", "No ecocide! Yes to monitoring!". They invariably demand to stop the ecological terror in the Karabakh economic region of Azerbaijan.