Forced migrants return to pre-border village of Talish

In Nagorno-Karabakh, 42 families returned to the pre-border village of Talish, restored after the war, from the city of Alashan, where they lived temporarily. In Talish, the problems with electricity, water supply and communication have been solved; a new school was opened.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in December 2016, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh, jointly with the "Ayastan" All-Armenian Fund, began reconstructing the Talish village, whose residents were evacuated during the April 2016 war.

Families began returning to Talish in early November; and as of November 8, 42 families are living in the village, Vilen Petrosyan, a former head of the community, a resident of the Talish village, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Mr Petrosyan has noted that all the families living in Talish have been provided with housing; the problems of electricity and water supplies, and mobile communication, the Internet were resolved in the village, three trading outlets have been opened. A regular bus is transporting passengers from the village to the Martakert district centre and back twice a week.

Tatiana Mezhunts, the principal of the Talish village school, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the school began fully working on November 4; now, 26 children are studying in it.

The school principal has noted that "everyone is happy to return to the native village, but the fear for safety still remains."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 9, 2019 at 03:21 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.