US OFFERS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OF $325MLN TO AZERBAIJAN’S INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Aug 30 2007
Azerbaijan, Barda / Òrend corr Sh. Jaliloghlu / Within the last 13
years the United States has offered $325mln humanitarian assistance
to improve living conditions of Azerbaijan’s internally displaced
persons, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Anne Derse, who is visiting
Aghjabadi region, reported on 30 August.
Over 35,000 internally displaced persons were sheltered in the
Aghjabadi region.
Meeting with the head of Aghjabadi Region Executive Power, Shahin
Mammadov, Derse noted that the displaced persons should return to
their land. "The state of these people is difficult and it arouses
deep regret," she said.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988
due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has
occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh
region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since 1992, these
territories have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time
the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.
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