(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 16. Another 156families will be relocated to their native Fuzuli city inAzerbaijan in the coming days, a source in the State Committee forAffairs of Refugees and IDPs, Trend reports.
The committee has held a draw among the families who will soonreturn to Fuzuli city.
The event involved personnel from the Special RepresentativeOffice of the President of Azerbaijan in the liberated territorieswithin the Karabakh Economic Region (except Shusha district), theFuzuli district's executive power, and the public council under theCommittee for Affairs of Refugees and IDPs.
In total, 156 families took part in the drawing. Based on thefamily composition, 59 of them received two-room, 80 - three-room,and 17 - four-room apartments.
The former IDPs, who will soon return to their permanent placeof residence in Fuzuli, noted that they feel great joy in returningto their native places and expressed their deep gratitude toPresident of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First VicePresident Mehriban Aliyeva for the conditions created in theterritories liberated from occupation and the care given tothem.
Following the liberation of its territories from Armenianoccupation in 2020, Azerbaijan initiated the long-awaited 'GreatReturn' program, which envisions the return of IDPs to their nativelands.
Up to now, 666 families (2,517 people) have returned toFuzuli.
Along with Fuzuli, the former IDPs returned to Lachin city, thevillages of Talish (Aghdara district), Aghali (Zangilan district),and Zabukh (Lachin district).
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