“Great Return”: More former IDPs arrive to Khojaly's Shushakand village PHOTO / UPDATED

Another group of formerly internally displaced persons (IDPs) has arrived in the village of Shushakand in the Khojaly district.

At this stage, 19 families, comprising 55 people, have relocated to the village of Shushakand, Caliber.Az reports via local media.

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A new group of formerly internally displaced persons (IDPs) has departed for the villages of Khanyurdu and Shushakand in Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district as part of the country’s ongoing resettlement program for liberated territories.

Authorities said that at this stage, 19 families (55 people) are en route to Shushakand, while 12 families (34 people) are heading to Khanyurdu. The families had been living in temporary accommodations across various regions of Azerbaijan, including dormitories, sanatoriums, and administrative buildings, Caliber.Az reports via local media. 

Once this group arrives, the total number of families relocated to Shushakand will reach 55 (116 people), and to Khanyurdu, 81 families (271 people).

The relocation of IDPs to territories regained after decades of Armenian occupation remains a key element of Azerbaijan’s post-conflict recovery strategy. The initiative, known as the “Great Return” program, addresses the displacement of nearly 600,000 Azerbaijanis during the First Karabakh War in the early 1990s.