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UN High Commissioner familiarizes with living conditions of IDPs in Azerbaijan

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 18 May 2011 18:41 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 18 / Trend M.Aliyev /

As part of the visit to Azerbaijan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres together with Azerbaijani prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee on Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov visited places of temporary residence of the Azerbaijani IDPs.

Guterres and Hasanov visited one of the hostels in Baku's Binagadi district, which temporarily housed IDPs expelled from their native lands as a result of the Armenian aggression.
Then the guests visited a new village constructed for IDPs in the Binagadi district.
Earlier, Guterres visited Agdam and Yevlakh where well acquainted with the living conditions of IDPs.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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