Azerbaijan dispatches next group of returnees to Zangilan district

A new group of displaced residents is travelling to the village of Mammadbayli in Azerbaijan’s Zangilan district as part of the government’s Great Return programme aimed at resettling formerly occupied territories.

Thus, 26 families — a total of 142 people — are being relocated in the latest phase of the initiative, carried out under instructions from President Ilham Aliyev, Caliber.Az reports via local media.

The families had been living temporarily in different parts of the country, mainly in hostels, sanatoriums and administrative buildings.

Residents heading back to the area expressed gratitude to President Aliyev and First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva for what they described as comprehensive state support.

They also thanked the Azerbaijani armed forces and paid tribute to soldiers killed during the conflict.

By Aghakazim Guliyev