Azerbaijani press: Ambassador: European companies engaged in extracting gold in occupied Azerbaijani lands

Companies of the EU countries are engaged in extracting gold in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, said Ambassador Kamil Khasiyev, representative of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry.

He made the remarks at the 15th meeting of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in Baku on Tuesday, APA reports.

Khasiyev noted that Azerbaijan expects the EU to take a decisive position on Armenian exploitation of natural recourses in its occupied lands.

Azerbaijan is an active participant in regional cooperation, said the ambassador, referring to Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey, Azerbaijan-Russia-Iran and other cooperation formats.