President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and RAS of the Republic of Tatarstan (RF) Rustam Minnikhanov visited the village of Agala on Saturday on the territory of Azerbaijan, liberated from the Armenian occupation of the Zangilalan district.
Minnikhanov provided information on the work carried out in the Dzhebrail, Gubadlinsky and Zangilan districts that are part of the East-Zangesur economic district of Azerbaijan.
The total area of the territory of three districts included in the East-Zangesur economic district is 2580 square kilometers, and the number of former forced immigrants from these territories is 152,200 people. In accordance with the I state program “Great Return”, the process of returning former forced immigrants to their native lands has begun. Currently, 86 families consisting of 420 people returned to the village of Agaly of the Zangilan district.
In general, in 2022-2026, the construction of the district centers of Dzhebrail, Gubadly and Zangilan, 5 villages, 24 villages and relocation in the framework of the first stage of “Great Return” 41,277 people.
is planned
In parallel, work on the clearance of territories continues. To date, 80 thousand hectares (4.5 percent) have been cleaned in the Gubadlinsky district, in the Dzhelilsky district – 105 thousand hectares (18.3 percent) and in the Zangilan district – 73 thousand hectares (9.8 percent)
At the same time, today only in the East-Zangesur economic district of Azerbaijan 5 roads with a total length of 323 kilometers and a railway with a length of 111.4 kilometers are built.