The government of Azerbaijan set to solution of problems, raised at the recent meeting under the President of the country, in which issues of improvement of refugees and IDP’s social life had been discussed, Vice-Premier of the government, chairman of the State committee on Refugees and IDPs, Ali Hassanov told the news conference on 24 June at the “New Azerbaijan” party’s headquarters, Trend reports.
According to him, at the meeting with the Prime Minister of the country, possibilities for solution of problems have been considered. In particular, the issue of delivery of 10 combine harvesters for grain yielding to refugees and IDPs of Agdam, Fizuli, Djabrail, Hodjavend and Shusha regions has been settled. The issue of rehabilitation of the Yuhari Mil canal of 3,6 km and the issue of water supply for the winter pastures on the territory of Lachin region, where the IDPs live temporarily were also discussed. According to Hassanov, 7 billion manats are required for these purposes.
Another important issue is the repair of hostels in Baku and Sumgait, where refugees and IDPs also live. Repair of 77 hostels is planned at the current stage. The project requires 20 billion manats, the source for finanicing has already been found and it will be reported to the President.
According to Hassanov, the issues of defense of the rights of this category of people have been discussed separately with the Supreme Court Chairman, Ramiz Rzayev. Violations of rights refer to eviction of refugees and IDPs from the apartments and houses, where they were accommodated in 1992-1998. A number of city and district courts take decisions on eviction them from apartments, which actually owned by private persons. Rzayev gave relevant instructions to court heads, Hassanov said.