Azerbaijan plans to relocate about 1,500 people to Shusha late 2023

It is planned to relocate about 1,500 people to Azerbaijan's Shusha starting in late 2023, Kanan Guliyev, Assistant to the Special Representative of the President of Azerbaijan in the Shusha district said.

Guliyev made the remark at the 66th meeting of the Working Group on Energy Supply of the Interdepartmental Center, operating under the Coordination Headquarters, created to centrally resolve issues in the liberated territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Report informs.

According to him, in order to return the former internally displaced persons, it is expected to build 17 houses, the foundation of which has already been laid.

"The construction of a residential complex was launched in September last year, which includes 23 residential buildings with a total of 450 apartments," he said.

Shusha was liberated from occupation on November 8, 2020, as a result of a counter-attack launched by the Azerbaijani Army on September 27, 2020.

After the city regained its freedom, restoration, construction, and reconstruction work started in Shusha, and important openings were held there.

In May of 2021, the city of Shusha was declared the cultural capital of Azerbaijan by order of President Ilham Aliyev.

On January 5, 2022, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree declaring 2022 the "Year of Shusha" in Azerbaijan.

Large construction projects are currently being implemented in the liberated territories: new schools, mosques, hospitals, and other important facilities, as well as residential buildings, are being constructed.

The government of Azerbaijan plans to relocate more than 34 thousand families to Karabakh and Eastern Zangazur by 2027, and for this purpose, houses and infrastructure facilities are expected to be built.