70 Azerbaijani families returned to Khojavend
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The first group of displaced persons who left during the Karabakh conflict returned to the city of Khojavend and the village of the same name; 70 families received keys to their homes.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", by December 24, 2025, 6,206 families (24,729 people) had returned to 31 settlements in the former Karabakh conflict zone.
Azerbaijanis from settlements People from various settlements in Karabakh were forced to flee their homes after the start of the First Karabakh War. The return of IDPs began after Azerbaijan took control of these territories. On November 10, 2023, Azerbaijani authorities announced that they planned to resettle 140,000 people in Karabakh by 2026.
The first families of former IDPs returned to the city of Khojavend and the village of the same name on February 20, Day.az reports.
In the first stage, 50 families (194 people) returned to the city and 20 families (94 people) to the village. Previously, they were forced to live in dormitories, sanatoriums, and administrative buildings in various regions of Azerbaijan. They were given the keys to their own homes.
Azerbaijani IDPs complained about the difficulties of returning to Karabakh. In particular, they noted a shortage of jobs in Fizuli. People are seeking opportunities to return to their homelands, but property issues in the territories under Azerbaijani control have not yet been resolved, the IDPs noted.
Azerbaijani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated that simply providing housing to IDPs returning to their cities is not enough. Authorities must create jobs and build infrastructure, they emphasized.
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