Deputy Premier: "Rehabilitation work is delayed due to landmines in liberated territories"

"The future of the region must be assessed in terms of the end of the Karabakh conflict," Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev told a conference at ADA University on the prospects of the Azerbaijani-Russian economic relations, Report informs.

He reminded that Azerbaijan has always supported a peaceful solution to the problem, underscoring the special role of the Russian president in ending the war in Karabakh.

The deputy prime minister said that the restoration and reconstruction of the liberated lands opened up great opportunities for cooperation, promising the future for the whole region. "Restoration work is being carried out in the liberated areas, smart cities, villages, and infrastructure are being built. But this work is being delayed due to mines."

Shahin Mustafayev also stressed the importance of a legal regime to be established in the Zangazur corridor to be the same as in the Lachin corridor.