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UNHCR seeks direct participation in resettlement process of liberated Jojug Marjanli village

01 February 2017 [15:44] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Rashid Shirinov

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, seeks to directly participate in the process of resettlement of the liberated Jojug Marjanli village, and wants to share its experience in this field.

Vincent Cochetel, the Director of the UNHCR European Bureau, announced about this at a meeting with Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov in Baku.

Cochetel said that UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi wants to pay a visit to Azerbaijan. He added that the Commissioner also wants to participate in the census due to be held in 2019.

In late January 24, President Ilham Aliyev ordered to restore Jojug Marjanli village in Jabrayil region of Azerbaijan, which was liberated from the Armenian occupation in April 2016 as a result of a successful counter-attack of the Azerbaijani Army.

Under the order, 4 million manats ($2.05 million) were allocated from the President`s 2017 Contingency Fund to the State Committee on Deals of Refugees and IDPs for the construction of 50 private houses, a school building and relevant infrastructure at the first stage.

 More than 190 families out of 400 families, who once lived in the village, have already expressed desire to return to their homeland.

Hasanov, in turn, informed Cochetel about the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the history of its origin.

He noted that the requirements of the resolutions and decisions by the UN Security Council, OSCE, PACE, Organization of Islamic Cooperation are not implemented, and no pressure is put on the aggressor country in this regard.

“This is a great injustice and violation of international law. One gets the impression that the international law doesn’t work and is used only by states capable to affect international relations," said Hasanov.

"Powerful states want to get new territories, natural resources and wage war for geopolitical re-division of the world, and other people suffer from it. On the one hand, international rostrums every day call for protection of human rights, but on the other hand, thousands of people die every day," Hasanov continued.

Speaking of the president's decree to restore the liberated village, Hasanov emphasized that this is a historical event.

“In the first phase, it is planned to build 50 private houses and a school building. Currently, demining works are underway there. I am sure that we will restore the village soon," said Hasanov.

He noted that the number of families wishing to return to the liberated village is about 200 and it will continue to grow. "Therefore, the execution of the Great Return program begins with Jojug Marjanli," Hasanov said.

Hasanov further mentioned that visits of ambassadors and representatives of all international organizations accredited in Azerbaijan to the village will be organized in a few days, and they will once again get acquainted with the atrocities of the Armenians.

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