Bayramov says 'hard to describe' the scale of destruction in Azerbaijan's liberated areas

It is hard to describe the degree of destruction in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, which include hundreds of towns and villages," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said in his interview with Israel Hayom, Report informs.

"Almost all cultural monuments and religious sites, hospitals, schools, and residential buildings were looted and then razed to the ground. Places, where the Azerbaijani population numbered tens of thousands, became ghost towns.

"All liberated areas are heavily contaminated with mines and unexploded ordnance. Great damage was inflicted upon the environment too. Up to 20% of all forests were deliberately exterminated," he continued.

The minister also added that Azerbaijan is 'determined to rebuild, reconstruct and rehabilitate these territories.'

"Peaceful life will be brought back to the liberated areas in full force," he said.