A group of internally displaced persons arrived in the villages of the Agdere district.

On November 20, another group of displaced persons arrived in the villages of Hasanriz and Vengli in the Aghdere district. Former internally displaced persons who returned to both villages were given keys to recently restored houses.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on November 10, 2023, Azerbaijani authorities announced that they planned to resettle 140,000 people in Karabakh by 2026. On November 19, 36 former internally displaced persons (IDPs) returned to the village of Seyidbeyli.

Currently, 23 families, comprising 93 people, have returned to the village of Hasanriz, and four families, comprising 11 people, to the village of Vengli, according to the Azertac news agency.

Presenting the keys to the residents of Hasanriz, Mahmud Efendiyev, Deputy Executive Director of the Khankendi City, Aghdere, and Khojaly Districts Reconstruction, Construction, and Management Service, noted that the village is fully equipped with modern infrastructure. He added that the village is provided with water, gas, electricity, and internet for comfortable living. All possible employment support will also be provided to those returning to the village.

The total number of resettled residents in Hasanriz has reached 227 families, or 856 people. The agency notes that 100 families, or 385 people, have settled in the village of Vengli.

As a reminder, on September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan launched large-scale military operations and took control of Nagorno-Karabakh, which began a mass exodus of the Armenian population. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh had arrived in Armenia, and by September 2024, only 14 Armenians remained in the region. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Beginning and End of the Unrecognized Republic of Artsakh".

By August 2024, 2,036 families (7,901 people) of internally displaced persons (IDPs) had returned to the territories of Karabakh that had come under the control of Baku.

Azerbaijani IDPs complained about the difficulties of returning to Karabakh. In particular, they noted a shortage of jobs in Fizuli. People are seeking opportunities to return to their homelands, but in the territories under Azerbaijani control, property issues have not yet been resolved, IDPs noted.

Azerbaijani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" pointed out that simply providing housing for IDPs returning to their cities is not enough. The authorities must create jobs and build infrastructure, they emphasized.