Azerbaijan resettles over 40 familiers to Khojaly district villages Updated

Authorities in Azerbaijan have handed over house keys to families resettling in several villages in the Khojaly District as part of the government’s post-conflict reconstruction and return programme.

The resettlement ceremony covered the villages of Badara, Tazabina, Khanyurdu, Khanabad, Ballija, and Dashbulag, Caliber.Az reports via local media. 

The returning residents were given detailed briefings on mine safety measures.

At this stage, a total of 41 families have returned to the district. This includes 10 families comprising 33 people in Badara, 10 families with 60 residents in Tazabina, nine families totaling 33 people in Khanabad, four families with 22 residents in Ballija, four families comprising 18 people in Khanyurdu, and four families with 13 residents in Dashbulaq.

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Convoys carrying formerly displaced families have arrived in the cities of Khojaly as part of a resettlement programme involving several villages in the Khojaly district.

The families are being relocated to the villages of Badara, Tazabina, Khanyurdu, Khanabad, Ballija, and Dashbulaq, Caliber.Az reports via local media. 

Upon arrival, they were met by the representatives of the State Committee on Issues of Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Persons in the city of Khankandi and the Aghdara and Khojaly districts, as well as staff of the Restoration, Construction, and Management Service operating in the same areas.

Officials said that in this phase of the programme, 10 families (33 people) are being resettled to Badara village in Khojaly district, 10 families (60 people) to Tazabina village, 9 families (33 people) to Khanabad village, 4 families (22 people) to Ballija village, 4 families (918 people) to Khanyurdu village, and 4 families (13 people) to Dashbulaq village.

The relocated families are those who had been temporarily accommodated in different parts of the country, mainly in dormitories, sanatoriums, and administrative buildings.

By Sabina Mammadli