Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva / The Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) appealed to the State Head and Parliament of Azerbaijan with a request to liquidate communal debts of the refugees from Armenia.
Liquidating privileges in January 2000 for nearly 200,000 people who were expelled from Armenia and came to live in Azerbaijan in 1988 presented serious problems. Most of the refugees have not had the capacity to pay off the communal expenses, the party's appeal says. The NIPA considers it necessary to restore several privileges for the refugees and provide them with long-term credits with acceptable terms or minimal interest rates.