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"The extent of material damage to the liberated territories has not yet been fully calculated, but if you take a look while you are in Zangilan, you will be able to see the scale of the devastation."

"APA-Economics" reports that Finance Minister Samir Sharifov said this during the visit of the delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Zangilan district.

He said that the principle of not establishing diplomatic relations with Armenia, which caused the aggression of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against Azerbaijan, the forced displacement and destruction of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijani civilians from their native homes and lands, destroyed the cities and villages of Azerbaijan, and vandalized our mosques and other holy places Azerbaijan highly appreciates its position.

"Your plane landed at the Zangilan International Airport, which was built on the lands of Azerbaijan freed from occupation within the framework of President Ilham Aliyev's work on the reconstruction of Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur. Immediately after the liberation of the occupied territories, President Ilham Aliyev instructed all state bodies to restore the economy of these territories to the country's economy. integration, reconstruction works should be started in order to ensure the return of IDPs to their native lands. By the order of the President, the first stage of the "Great Return Program" has entered into force and will be implemented from 2021, the minister added.

It should be noted that the investment minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalid bin al-Faleh and the delegation headed by him are participating in the visit.