Deputy minister: “Bed of Okhcuchay river currently turned into ecological disaster zone”

“Oxchuchay is constantly polluted by untreated industrial waters of Zangazur copper-molybdenum and Gafan copper ore processing plants located in the territory of Armenia"

“The situation with the exploitation of mineral resources during the occupation was lamentable. Until the 1990s of the previous century. 167 mineral deposits were discovered in the region and registered in the state balance,”

“Oxchuchay is constantly polluted by untreated industrial waters of Zangazur copper-molybdenum and Gafan copper ore processing plants located in the territory of Armenia, as well as domestic sewage waters formed in the cities of Gafan and Gajaran. Currently, the riverbed has become an ecological disaster zone. Acute pollution of the Oxchuchay River has led to the mass extinction of fauna,” said Vugar Karimov.