Today, Azerbaijan is marking the ‘Last Bell’, with ceremonies taking place at schools across the country, including in the territories liberated from occupation - Khankendi, Khojaly, Shusha, villages of the Aghdara district, and, for the first time in 33 years, in the village of Khidirli in the Aghdam district.
An autonomous radio monitoring station (autonomous RMS) with solar panels has been installed and launched in Kalbajar, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Digital Development and Transport reported.
Russia’s Ambassador to Baku Mikhail Evdokimov has put forward a proposal to arrange a meeting of the Russian and Azerbaijani MPs in Karabakh.
Today, the next group of former internally displaced persons is returning to Shukurbayli village of Azerbaijan's Jabrayil district as part of the "Great Return" program in line with the instructions of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
By the end of this year, another 30,000 people will have moved to the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, Special Representative of the President of Azerbaijan for the Aghdam, Fuzuli, and Khojavend regions Emin Huseynov said.
Today, the next group of former internally displaced persons is returning to the Shukurbeyli village of Azerbaijan's Jabrayil district.
The number of families who returned to Azerbaijan's liberated Khankendi, Aghdara, and Khojaly has been announced, Special Representative of the President of Azerbaijan in Aghdara and Khojaly districts Elchin Yusubov said at an event on the theme "Post-conflict urban development: restoration of destroyed identity and reconstruction of an integrated future" held in Baku within the framework of WUF13.
The majority are residents of the villages of Shukurbeyli and Tyazabina
The Great Return program in the liberated territories is ongoing, with nearly 500 individuals having returned to Zangilan and the village of Shukurbeyli.
Today, another resettlement convoy was sent to the city of Zangilan and the village of Shukurbeyli in the Jabrayil district of Azerbaijan.
Today, the next group of former internally displaced persons (IDPs) arrived in Azerbaijan's Khojavend city, the district's Girmizi Bazar settlement, and Khojavend village.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva visited the village of Shukurbeyli
Baku firmly rejects the anti-Azerbaijan allegations voiced by France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot at the French Senate on 6 May, spokesperson of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hajizada said.
A group of Azerbaijani NGOs has addressed an open letter to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council António Costa, the heads of state and governments participating in the 8th European Political Community Summit and the EU-Armenia Summit.
Azerbaijan preserves the memory of the tragedies of the Karabakh war, but remains consistently committed to establishing lasting peace in the South Caucasus, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev said.
Over 1.5 million mines were planted on Azerbaijani lands during the occupation
The diplomats already visited Khojaly and the city of Khankendi
Nearly 1,600 hectares of land were cleared of mines in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories on April 20-26, according to the weekly report by Azerbaijan’s National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) on humanitarian demining operations.
Hikmet Hajiyev stated that mine contamination is obstructing reconstruction initiatives in Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur. He highlighted that more than 70 individuals have lost their lives due to mine explosions in recent years.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement on March 31 - Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis.
