On December 10, 2022, representatives of about 70 embassies located in Baku and Ankara, and more than 10 international organizations – ambassadors, other diplomats, military attaches and representatives of the relevant state structures of Türkiye visited Zangilan and Gubadly districts of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev provided detailed information on the history, large-scale restoration and reconstruction work carried out there after the liberation, strategic importance and economic potential of the Zangilan and Gubadli regions, and the damage caused as a result of almost 30 years of Armenian military occupation.
Mr. Vahid Hajiyev, special representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Zangilan district of the east Zangazur economic region, Mr. Emin Huseynov, the special representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the liberated territories of Karabakh economic region, Mr. Aydin Karimov, the special representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Shusha district, and Mr. Anar Guliyev, chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture, made presentations on the implemented activities and future master plans in these districts.
In the city of Zangilan, the participants of the visit got acquainted with the village of Agali, were informed about the “Smart Village” project, as well as, the new mosque built by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Moreover, on the territory where the Okhchuchay River flows along the road, a representative of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources informed the diplomats about the environmental terror and damage caused by a number of foreign companies that deliberately dump waste into the river.
In Gubadli, the participants of the visit got acquainted with the reconstruction and restoration work carried out in the city destroyed by Armenia, toured the city center and got acquainted with the implemented infrastructure projects.