Azerbaijan to intensify return of former IDPs to liberated lands from 2024

Special Representative of the Azerbaijani president in the liberated territories of the Karabakh Economic Region (except Shusha district) Emin Huseynov has said that the return of former internally displaced people (IDPs) to Azerbaijan"s liberated territories will be intensified from 2024.

Huseynov noted that five residential areas are planned to be created in Aghdam city, APA reports.

“Extensive design work is being completed in the historical and cultural part of Aghdam. The construction has started. The open-air Museums of Occupation and Victory, the Mugham Centre, hotels, internal road infrastructure, schools, a hospital, and other infrastructure will be built and put into operation till late 2026,” Huseynov added.

Meanwhile, Minister of Agriculture Majnun Mammadov said that land reforms in the territories liberated from occupation are nearing completion.

"The total area of land potentially suitable for sowing in the liberated territories is about 160,000 hectares. The size of sowing areas will be determined taking into account climatic and other conditions. After the concept of reform solutions is determined, the distribution of land plots will start," he said.