Another group of former internally displaced persons has left for Sarijali village in Azerbaijan's Aghdam district, Report informs.
As many as 35 families (158 people) are returning to their native lands.
Of these, 16 families (82 people) had previously temporarily resided in Baku, 14 families (52 people) in Aghdam, three families (12 people) in Yevlakh, and two families (12 people) in Aghjabadi.
Thus, the number of residents of Sarijali who have returned to their native village has reached 767 people (184 families). They had previously been temporarily housed in dormitories, sanatoriums, children's camps, unfinished and administrative buildings.
However, as a result of the brilliant victory of the Azerbaijani army in the Patriotic War under the leadership of the President of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, former internally displaced persons were given the opportunity to voluntarily, safely and with dignity return to their homeland after 30 years.
The residents expressed their gratitude to the head of state and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva for comprehensive state care, and also thanked the brave Azerbaijani army for liberating the country's lands from occupation, wishing peace to the souls of the martyrs who died in the name of this lofty goal.
Presently, there are over 40,000 people in Karabakh and Eastern Zangazur, including former internally displaced persons, as well as those working on the implementation of projects in these regions, employees of local branches of various government agencies, employees of healthcare, education, culture, tourism, industry and energy institutions that have resumed their activities.
