“After the liberation of Karabakh and East Zangezur from Armenian occupation in 2020, Azerbaijan launched large-scale reconstruction work in these areas. Azerbaijan is restoring life in vast areas Armenia has completely destroyed,” President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said as he addressed the Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States in Ankara, Report informs via AZERTAC.
“We are building nine new cities and initially more than 300 villages and towns from scratch. This is a rare and unprecedented model of post-conflict reconstruction by a national government using its own financial resources,” the head of state added.