President Aliyev addresses participants of 6th “Rebuild Garabagh” exhibition

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan addressed the participants of the 6th Azerbaijan International Restoration, Reconstruction and Development of Garabagh Exhibition – “Rebuild Garabagh.”

Aliyev said the Victory in the 44-day Patriotic War laid the foundation for a new phase of construction and development in Garabagh and East Zangazur. Under the First State Program on the Great Return, towns and villages are being rebuilt, and Azerbaijan is funding this work from its own resources. To date, 25.5 billion manats have been allocated from the state budget for restoration and reconstruction. More than 300,000 hectares of land have been cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance, and over 40,000 people have returned to 47 residential settlements. Nearly 100,000 people now live, study and work in the liberated territories.

Nearly 1,500 kilometers of roads have been built, and the 11.7-kilometer Murovdag tunnel stands out as an engineering example. Fuzuli, Zangilan and Lachin international airports have been commissioned, and railway construction, including the Horadiz–Aghband line, continues. Thirteen substations and 38 hydroelectric plants with a total capacity of 307 megawatts have been commissioned, and 40 educational institutions, 20 healthcare facilities and Garabagh University in Khankendi have begun operations.