BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 24. In 2027, 3.4
billion manat ($2 billion) will be allocated from the state budget
for the restoration and reconstruction of territories liberated
from occupation, Prime Minister Ali Asadov said at today’s Cabinet meeting, Trend’s correspondent reports.
The prime minister noted that, as always, one of the
government’s main and most important spending priorities will be
funding military defense and further strengthening national
security. Expenditures on defense and national security in next
year’s state budget will total 8.8 billion manat ($5.1
billion).
“With the direct participation and leadership of President Ilham
Aliyev and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, large-scale
reconstruction and construction work is underway throughout the
territory of Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur, which have been
liberated from occupation, and the necessary conditions are being
created for sustainable resettlement and economic reintegration,”
he added.
Asadov noted that to date, the return of internally displaced
persons (IDPs) has been facilitated, with these individuals
resettling in 47 localities—namely, 10 cities, 3 towns, and 34
villages—in the territories liberated from occupation following the
Patriotic War. Currently, more than 93,000 people live, work, and
study in the liberated territories.
“Overall, from 2020 through 2026, more than 25 billion manat
($14.7 billion) has been allocated from the state budget for the
reconstruction and restoration of territories liberated from
occupation. For 2027, 3.4 billion manat ($2 billion) has been
earmarked for these purposes,” he noted.
