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Azerbaijani volunteers and ecologists Azerbaijan organized on the Lachin-Khankendi road with the request to stop the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits in the territory, to allow monitoring in the Kyzylbulag and Demirli mines protest action is over 10Lasts more than 0 days.
Environmental activists move in both directions without hindrance Azerbaijanchanting slogans in Russian and English. Action the requirements of its participants remain unchanged. Demonstrators “Azerbaijan is the owner of his own land!”, “End environmental crimes!”, “End eco-terror!”, “Let’s protect nature!”, “No to ecology, yes to monitoring!” they continue to chant their slogans.
In all its statements on this issue, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan always focuses on the illegal exploitation of the resources of the Kyzylbulag gold and Demirli copper-molybdenum mines. It should be noted that access to these mines is only in Lachin way is possible with
Yerevan claims that the ongoing protests caused the “road closure”.
However, Azerbaijan has repeatedly denied the claims of the Armenian side and declared that the road is open for the transportation of humanitarian and civilian goods. Both the vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Second Karabakh placed in the region after the war Russia supply vehicles for the military Lachin way moves freely with
Lachin way in the background of the tension around the negotiations on the signing of the peace agreement, including international mediation, have come to a standstill.
Azerbaijan on March 21 Ministry of Defence the next time Karabakh temporarily displaced in the region Russia recorded that its contingent accompanied vehicles belonging to illegal Armenian armed forces.
The Azerbaijani side uses technical observation means in the direction of the Khankendi-Khalfali-Turssu dirt road Russia 1 ZTR-82A combat vehicle belonging to the Armenian forces, 3 armored URAL belonging to the Armenians and a KamAZ with a fuel tank, a total of 5 military recorded the movement of the car.
That same day USAPresident of Azerbaijan with State Secretary Anthony Blinken Ilham Aliyev there was a phone conversation between them. Press service of the President of Azerbaijan news says that the parties discussed the situation around Lachin road.
The head of state noted that from December 12 of last year until now, more than 4,700 vehicles have been transported by the Russian forces and the International Committee of the Red Cross. medical the passage of people in need of assistance and their accompanying persons is ensured. Therefore, the information about the blockade of this road is another lie of Armenia.
The President of Azerbaijan noted that Armenia’s illegal military the use of an alternative route for transportation, the rotation of personnel in our areas where Russian troops are temporarily stationed, as well as Armenia of the armed forces 10 the fact that about a thousand soldiers are still in the territory of Azerbaijan is a serious concern. In this regard, I. Aliyev stressed the necessity of establishing a checkpoint on the last part of the border with Armenia on the Lachin road.
Director of Azerbaijan Human Rights Center Eldar Zeynalov He shared his thoughts on this in an interview with the Press Club.
– So, what goals was the initiative of Azerbaijani ecologists able to achieve and what results did it lead to? What can happen next?
– Held on Lachin-Khankendi road action international attention 10 November 2020was able to address a number of problems related to the implementation of the Tripartite Agreement dated The environmental problem itself – the operation of the Kyzylbulag and Demirli mines in the area of responsibility of the Russian contingent and the issue of environmental pollution has been overshadowed for technical reasons. Because Armenians do not monitor these deposits Azerbaijan they allow entry of state structures, neither Azerbaijani nor third-party ecologists.
The Armenians, in their turn, tried to use this action for their own propaganda purposes, and claimed that the Armenian population was under a “blockade”, as if it could be a “humanitarian disaster”. Relying on Europeans who believe everything too quickly Armenia even from Azerbaijan Europe to the Court of Human Rights complaint did. But the result in December 2022 was not what the plaintiff expected.
The ECtHR considered the claim regarding the control of the “Lachin Corridor” by the Azerbaijani authorities as “controversial and unclear”. At the same time, he noted the need to take all measures to ensure the safe passage of “severe patients, those who need treatment in Armenia, and other people without shelter and funds” on the Lachin road.
Armenian preachers are always Christian Europe likes to scare the public with “Turkish janissaries with curved swords thirsty for Armenian blood”. Environmentalists, armed only with placards, are not at all like them. Deprived of the opportunity to monitor mines, ecologists are currently successfully monitoring the passage of Russian forces and International Red Cross vehicles going from Karabakh to Armenia and back through the Lachin road, posting photos and videos of this on the Internet. The passage of almost 5,000 vehicles during the three-month operation is in no way similar to the “Blockade of Leningrad”.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, which periodically informs about the transport of seriously ill patients from Karabakh to Armenia, which was discussed in the ECtHR’s decision, also contributes to the exposure of the “blockade” myth.
Instead, this document focuses on another important point – on the issues related to traffic on the Lachin road Azerbaijan touched the jurisdiction. Obviously, in the “corridor” itself Azerbaijan jurisdiction was temporarily ceded to Russian troops. But the parties have the right to control the interstate border in Lachin district, which no one has done yet cancellation did not. Azerbaijan sent weapons, ammunition, military equipment can (and should!) stop the flow of military personnel.
Technically, this requires the delimitation and demarcation of a small part of the border, only a few kilometers long. The Russian side has promised to help in this regard several times, and it has the necessary geographical maps for this. Also, it will be necessary to install checkpoints on both sides to check people and goods.
Such control, which is common in interstate transportation, would not only prevent free movement on the road, but also ensure the safety of this movement. Over time, the same question will definitely arise when traffic opens up along the Zangezur corridor. It is hypocritical to say that the situation is different here.
– Considering that the Armenians have already found a way out – they are using a detour under the protection of Russian troops, how long can the ecoaction last?
– Action has already partially achieved its goal – the extraction of minerals from the part of Karabakh that is not controlled by Baku has been stopped. Another deadlocked issue due to the position of the Armenian side – as for the monitoring of the use of mines, this is Russia-Turkey It can be carried out with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles under the supervision of the Joint Monitoring Center. In addition, “Azerkosmos” OJSC january declared that from the occupation of Azerbaijan free In order to efficiently use the water resources in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, monitoring of water reservoirs, mountain lakes and rivers is carried out using the space images received from the “Azersky” satellite. We can observe other objects of concern to ecologists using this method with equal success. Once such control is established, the need to continue this action will obviously disappear.
As for the bypass road from Armenia to Khankendi, the Tripartite Statement only mentioned the construction of the alternative Lachin road, and the Azerbaijani side completed this work ahead of schedule at the beginning of August last year. This document does not discuss the operation of other roads, as well as their prohibition.
However, it is not about that, but about the request of the ECHR from Azerbaijan to ensure safe movement along the Lachin road. It should be noted that the decision was taken at the initiative of Armenia. But now armed Armenians are moving around this road, and the Russian military does not react to it. How it would end was shown by an incident on March 5, with several casualties on both sides. In fact, this is exactly the event that the Russian military should prevent such trips.
USAAs for his concerns about the situation in the region, the continuing impact of Amendment No. 907 to the Freedom Support Act, passed in 1992 and still in force today, prevents his positive assessment. According to this change, “Presidentuntil it determines and reports to Congress that the government of Azerbaijan has taken demonstrative steps to end all blockades and other forms of offensive force against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.” USA It cannot provide direct military and technical assistance to the government of Azerbaijan. Let me note that during that period “offensive use of force” occupied the territories of Azerbaijan by Armenia free was associated with an attempt to make (later UN The Security Council requested this in its resolution). The “blockade” of Armenia is the blockade of Nakhchivan and Armenia-Azerbaijan on the border was the result of large-scale military operations.
It seems that even now the peaceful action of ecologists makes Washington want to put pressure on Baku again. It is worth remembering what Madeleine Albright said a quarter of a century ago: “The 907th Amendment national harms his interests Karabakh neutrality in resolving the conflict, opportunities to support economic and legal reforms in Azerbaijan, and efforts towards the development of the East-West energy transport corridor. This view is more relevant today.
Rauf Orujov
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