(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 16. State Committee
for Affairs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of
Azerbaijan held a meeting with a group of residents of Zabukh and
Sus villages of the Lachin district liberated from Armenian
occupation, Trend reports via the committee.
According to the committee, the meeting participants paid
tribute to the martyrs, who gave their lives for the liberation of
the country's lands and the restoration of its territorial
integrity, with a minute of silence.
Stressing that the liberation of the country's lands by the
valiant Azerbaijani army under the leadership of the Victorious
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Ilham Aliyev, was
an unprecedented historical event, the participants once again
noted with a deep feeling of gratitude that the Victory created
opportunities for the former IDPs to return to their native
lands.
During the meeting, it was noted that the resettlement of
illegally placed Armenians from the Lachin district is carried out
within the trilateral statement signed on November 10, 2020 [by
Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders following the Second
Karabakh War].
It was also said that the Azerbaijani president gave orders to
prepare for the return of the residents of Lachin city, Zabukh and
Sus villages, who were IDPs for about thirty years.
Expressing satisfaction with the work done over the past period
to improve the living conditions of internally displaced persons
and strengthen their social protection, the participants of the
meeting emphasized their gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev, First
Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva for their attention and care, and
also for the start of preparations for their return to their native
places.
The Committee Chairman Rovshan Rzayev informed the meeting
participants in detail about the progress in fulfilling the
instructions of the head of state on the restoration of the
liberated territories, the beginning of the return of IDPs to their
native lands. Rzayev noted that the structural divisions of the
committee are engaged in the implementation of measures related to
the organization of the return to Lachin city, Zabukh and Sus
villages.
The chairman also noted that surveys are being conducted to
clarify the number of former IDPs, assessing their employment
opportunities, and the necessary measures are being taken to
effectively organize the resettlement of former IDPs to the native
places.
On August 12, President Ilham Aliyev gave an interview to
Azerbaijani TV channel in the Basgal settlement of the Ismayilli
district.
'We must return to Lachin, Zabukh and Sus. I have ordered the
state refugee committee to contact the natives of Lachin city, Sus
and Zabukh villages, so that we could return them to their native
places in the near future,' the president said during the
interview.
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