12:59, 28 April 2004

New houses for refugees to be built in Ingushetia

The Swiss Government will continue to finance the project on the construction of houses for Ingush refugees from the Chechen Republic, Humanitarian Program Coordinator for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Hans Peter Lenz said during his meeting with President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov. The delegation of the Swiss Government arrived in Ingushetia on April 26.

"Today I visited the village of Barsuki, where the first part of the joint program on the construction of houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Chechnya had been launched. It pleased us to see that the construction of 15 houses in this settlement had been almost completed and people would be able to live in the new houses very soon," Mr Lenz said to the local press. Another 35 brick houses will be built in Ingushetia under the program this year, he added.

Author: Malika Suleymanova, CK correspondent

Source: Caucasian Knot