80 Azerbaijani families have returned to the villages of Mammadbeyli and Khidirli.

Members of 80 Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to the villages of Mammadbeyli and Khidirli today.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on July 25, members of 60 families (235 people) of internally displaced persons returned to the village of Khidirli in the Aghdam region.

Today, 30 families (143 people) of internally displaced persons were resettled to the village of Mammadbeyli in the Zangilan region, and 50 families (219 people) of internally displaced persons were resettled to the village of Khidirly in the Aghdam region, APA reports.

These people previously temporarily resided in various parts of the country, primarily in dormitories, sanatoriums, and administrative buildings, Trend reports today.

As a reminder, on September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan carried out large-scale military operations and took control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, after which a mass exodus of the Armenian population began. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 internally displaced persons (IDPs) 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.