500 Armenian families settled in occupied territories in 3 years

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Dec 21 2004

40 houses will be built in 2005 for Armenian families being settled
in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, says chairman of the department
on migration and refugees of the self-proclaimed ‘Upper Garabagh
republic’ Amirkhanian. He said that a need has emerged to resolve the
social problems of Armenians being settled in Upper Garabagh.

“Starting in 2005, 30-40 houses will be built every year for those
being settled in Upper Garabagh.”

105 families were moved from Armenia to Upper Garabagh and adjacent
regions occupied by this country in 2002, 165 families in 2003 and
200 this year. Armenia intends to settle 68,000 Armenians in these
territories by 2010.*