Great Return: Azerbaijan resettles 196 people in Shukurbayli village PHOTO

Azerbaijan continues the implementation of its “Great Return” programme aimed at resettling former internally displaced persons to territories liberated from occupation.

According to the State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, 45 families, comprising 196 people, left temporary accommodation facilities across the country on June 17 to return to the village of Shukurbayli in the Jabrayil district, Caliber.Az reports. 

The families had been living in dormitories, sanatoriums, and administrative buildings in various regions of Azerbaijan since being displaced.

Returning residents expressed gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva for extensive state support and assistance during the relocation process.

By Sabina Mammadli