Public transportation to start operating in Azerbaijan’s Lachin district soon PHOTO

Elnur Abdullayev, architect of Baku Improvement Service LLC, has said that public transportation will start operating in Azerbaijan’s Lachin district in the coming days.

"A number of works have been done in Lachin for the comfortable living of the population. Thus, public transportation will start working here in the coming days," Abdullayev told Azertag.

Speaking about the conditions created in Lachin, he noted that currently 1,204 people live in the city and the priority issue is to provide the population with jobs.

"712 objects have been built in the centre of Lachin city, and the work is currently ongoing. In particular, 75 non-residential facilities, 628 private houses and 9 residential buildings with 144 apartments are currently under construction. Lachin is also provided with potable water. It is planned to resettle 75 families in Lachin this month. Currently, more than 430 residents are employed at the enterprises functioning in Lachin," Abdullayev said.

Earlier, Agil Safaraliyev, a representative of the service stated that 80 per cent of work on creating urban infrastructure had been completed, 5 factories had been opened, and 430 people had been employed in Lachin.

As of today 336, families comprising 1,299 people have returned to Lachin district for permanent residence. Another 75 families are planned to return to Lachin in November.

The Azerbaijani army took full control of Lachin City along with the adjacent Zabukh and Sus villages in August 2022.

Earlier, Lachin City was temporarily controlled by the Russian peacekeepers to provide communication between Armenia and the Karabakh region. Under the November 10, 2020, trilateral statement, signed by the Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders, the city should be handed over to Azerbaijan after the completion of a new road, which would be an alternative to the Lachin road.