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Infrastructure rehabilitation in Armenia-occupied Azeri lands needs $60bn

05 March 2007 [13:47] - TODAY.AZ
Prime Minister Artur Rasizade has met with Kori Udovicki, Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States.

Underscoring UNDP contribution to the various spheres of the economy of Azerbaijan, Artur Rasizade expressed hope for further expansion of the relations.

He briefed the guest about the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, saying rehabilitation of the residential areas, infrastructure, industry and social facilities in Azerbaijan's territories under Armenian occupation requires US $60 billion, APA reports.

Kori Udovicki highly appreciated Azerbaijan's stance to settle the conflict in a peaceful way, saying the conflict needs a quick solution. Kori Udovicki added that UNDP will render all assistance to Azerbaijani refuges and internally displaced people on the scope of the Government-submitted Repatriation Program.

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