UN mission to visit Garabagh again soon

Baku, The Gulf Observer: The UN mission will shortly make another trip to Azerbaijan’s Garabagh region. This was announced at a meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Henri Kluge, according to media reports.

On the situation in the Garabagh region of Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev said that it was the fictitious regime that caused turmoil among local population in Garabagh and forced them to move to Armenia.

The head of state pointed out that Azerbaijan had supported medical evacuations through the International Committee of the Red Cross since the establishment of the Lachin state border checkpoint.

President Ilham Aliyev underlined that the Azerbaijani firefighters had extinguished a fire after the explosion at a filling station in Khankendi. The Azerbaijani leader noted that assistance had been rendered to the injured with the Azerbaijani medical teams currently providing services to the local population in Khankendi.

The President of Azerbaijan said the State Migration Service, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population are providing services on the ground. The head of state went on to say that the population registration process had begun, and the portal had been launched to this end, adding that respective bodies are providing services on the ground to meet their daily needs and supply with food.

The Azerbaijani leader pointed out that police are guarding important infrastructure facilities as well as historical, religious and cultural monuments, and that electricity supply was ensured. President Ilham Aliyev underlined that all these are the testimony to the availability and implementation of the reintegration program of the Armenian residents of Garabagh.

The fact that the UN Resident Coordinator Office in Azerbaijan, and representatives of the organization’s respective specialized agencies will shortly make a trip to the region and that Azerbaijan backs this process was noted at the meeting.