Baku, Azerbaijan, April 6. After liberating
territories from occupation in 2020, our government has been very
active in rebuilding these territories, clearing them from mines,
restoring economic activity, implementing green energy projects,
Trend reports.
Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova said that in her
speech at the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
on “Parliamentary Action for Social Development and Justice” held
in Toshkent.
According to her, about ten thousand former IDPs have returned
back to their homes to date. And by the end of 2026, this number is
going reach one hundred and forty (140) thousand. So, it is another
clear indication of our integrated approach to sustainable
development centered around people.
For the past 30 years, social inclusion of refugees and
internally displaced persons has been one of the priority issues
for our country.
As the result of Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijan’s twenty
percent territories for thirty years, one million Azerbaijanis
became refugees and IDPs.
More than two hundred and fifty thousand of them were expelled
from their native lands in Armenia. 9 cities and hundreds of
villages, historical, cultural and religious sites, and the whole
infrastructure in the occupied territories were totally
destroyed.
Despite the severe social and economic burden of the occupation,
our government took all necessary measures to meet the needs of
refugees and IDPs.