Volunteers start working in Zangilan's Aghali village PHOTO/VIDEO

A presentation of the "Volunteers of Return" group was held in Aghali village of Zangilan region, which was liberated from the Armenian occupation.

The group was created by the youth organization "Volunteers of Return" with the assistance of the Special Representative Office of the President of Azerbaijan in the Jabrayil, Gubadli and Zangilan regions, which are part of the East Zangazur economic region, as well as the Azerbaijan Youth Fund, the Union of Volunteer Organizations of Azerbaijan, Report informs.

The country’s liberated territories are the first where smart city and smart village concepts are being implemented. The first pilot project of a smart village implemented covered Zangilan’s Aghali I, II, and III villages.

The first pilot project of the smart city and smart village in Azerbaijan is implemented mainly on five components - the housing sector, production sector, social services, smart agriculture, and alternative energy. Initially, 200 individual houses are constructed with the use of innovative building materials. The engineering communications and heating systems in the houses are also created on the basis of smart technologies.

Azerbaijan and Armenia resumed the second war after the latter started firing at Azerbaijani civilians and military positions starting September 27, 2020. The war ended on November 10 with the signing of a trilateral ceasefire deal by the Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian leaders.

The ceasefire agreement stipulated the return of Azerbaijan's Armenian-occupied Kalbajar, Aghdam and Lachin regions. Before the signing of the deal, the Azerbaijani army had liberated around 300 villages, settlements, city centers, and historic Shusha city. The Azerbaijani army declared a victory against the Armenian troops.

The signed agreement obliged Armenia to withdraw all its troops from the Azerbaijani lands that it had occupied since the early 1990s.