TARTAR, Azerbaijan, April 2. The next group of
former internally displaced persons (IDPs) was sent to Azerbaijan's
Kalbajar city as part of the 'Great Return to the liberated
territories' program, Trend's Karabakh bureau reports.
Prior to that, the IDPs temporarily settled in various parts of
the country, mainly in hostels, sanatoriums, and administrative
buildings.
At this stage, 27 families (113 people) are being relocated to
Kalbajar. The relocated families will permanently settle in the
first residential neighborhood of the city.
For the residents of Kalbajar, who lived as IDPs for years,
today is a moment of both erasing sad memories and experiencing
great pride. The residents say that although they were forced to
leave their homeland under difficult circumstances on April 2,
1993, 33 years later, on that very same calendar day, they are
returning to Kalbajar as representatives of a victorious
nation.
The former IDPs returning to their native lands thanked
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President
Mehriban Aliyeva for their comprehensive care and expressed
gratitude to the valiant Azerbaijani Army, which liberated the
lands from occupation.
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