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Deputy Prime Minister: $3.47 billion spent to solve IDPs' problems

08 December 2016 [13:10] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Rashid Shirinov

Azerbaijan spent 6.1 billion manats ($3.47 billion) over the past 23 years for solution of problems of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).

The remarks were made by the Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov on December 7 at a meeting of the Milli Majlis (Parliament).

He said the funds are allocated out of the state budget, State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) and humanitarian organizations.

Hasanov noted that 350,000 more IDPs must be settled in new towns.

Vice Premier also added that 115 buildings of IDPs in Baku are in poor condition. “The Ministry of Emergency Situations issued a conclusion on 51 buildings,” Hasanov said.

Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan laying territorial claims on its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

Due to the ethnic cleansing policy carried out by Armenia and the Armenian occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions of Azerbaijan, the number of refugees and internally displaced persons hit more than 1.2 million.

With a population of over 9.6 million, Azerbaijan is among the countries carrying the highest IDP caseload in the world in per capita terms.

The government does much to solve the problems of IDPs in the country. During the past 13 years, 161,000 able-bodied IDPs were provided with permanent job in budget organizations and in other areas, while 200,000 people were provided with temporary jobs.

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