Azerbaijan welcomes back displaced residents
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On September 22, 35 families, a total of 136 people, returned to their homes in Azerbaijan’s Khankendi city, Khojaly district, and Aghdara district as part of the Great Return program.
These families had previously lived as internally displaced persons in temporary housing across the country, including dormitories and sanatoriums.
The returning residents received keys to new apartments in several locations including the city of Khankendi, the settlement of Karkijahan, and the villages of Tazabina, Khanyurdu, Khanabad, and Ballija in the Khojaly district. Additional families also resettled in the villages of Vangli, Chapar, and Ashaghi Oratagh within the Aghdara district, and in Shukurbayli in the Jabrayil district, bringing the total number of people resettled in this phase to 148 in Jabrayil alone.
Residents expressed their thanks to President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva for the state’s support, and also thanked the Azerbaijani Army for liberating the lands from occupation. The return of these people marks a step in repopulating areas previously affected by displacement.
