“An agreement on monitoring on mines was not torn by Russian peacekeepers or Azerbaijani side. It was said that the” leadership of “Karabakh” does not want to allow such a delegation to visit the territory of the region, “said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for a joint press -For conferences following negotiations with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jehun Bayramov.
Lavrov added that the problem of Karabakh was inherited from the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to him, mines in question, “are being developed since Soviet times.”
“When the Nagorno -Karabakh Autonomous Region was part of the Azerbaijani SSR, enterprises worked, which now, apparently, turned into businessmen,” said the Russian minister.
According to him, ten days ago, thanks to the intermediary efforts of Russian peacekeepers, an agreement was reached on organizing visits to a group of ecologists to one of the mines, “to see the opportunity to calm public opinion,” but this agreement, “to the great regret, was broken down “.
“To the great regret, this agreement was disrupted, not through the fault of the Azerbaijani side and not through the fault of Russian peacekeepers. It was said that the leadership of Karabakh does not want to allow such a delegation to visit the territory of this region at the moment,” Lavrov said.