INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION IN ARMENIA-OCCUPIED AZERI LANDS NEEDS $60BN
Today, Azerbaijan
March 5 2007
Prime Minister Artur Rasizade has met with Kori Udovicki, Assistant
Secretary-General and UNDP Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe
and Commonwealth of Independent States.
Underscoring UNDP contribution to the various spheres of the economy
of Azerbaijan, Artur Rasizade expressed hope for further expansion
of the relations.
He briefed the guest about the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict between
Azerbaijan and Armenia, saying rehabilitation of the residential
areas, infrastructure, industry and social facilities in Azerbaijan’s
territories under Armenian occupation requires US $60 billion,
APA reports.
Kori Udovicki highly appreciated Azerbaijan’s stance to settle
the conflict in a peaceful way, saying the conflict needs a quick
solution. Kori Udovicki added that UNDP will render all assistance
to Azerbaijani refuges and internally displaced people on the scope
of the Government-submitted Repatriation Program.
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