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

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev addressed participants of the 6th Azerbaijan International Restoration, Reconstruction and Development of Garabagh Exhibition, “Rebuild Garabagh,” on October 14 in Baku. The text of the address was published on the official website of the President of Azerbaijan.

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 using Azerbaijan's own financial resources. To date, 25.5 billion manats have been allocated from the state budget for restoration and reconstruction. More than 300,000 hectares have been cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance, and over 40,000 people have returned to 47 residential settlements.

Aliyev also cited nearly 1,500 kilometers of roads built, and the 11.7-kilometer Murovdag tunnel as an important engineering example. The Fuzuli, Zangilan and Lachin international airports have been commissioned. He expressed confidence that partnerships formed at the exhibition would translate into concrete projects contributing to the Great Return and the region's long-term development.