26 Azerbaijani families have returned to villages in the Khojaly region.

Eighty-five members of Azerbaijani families who fled the Khojaly region during the Karabakh conflict returned to the villages of Dashbulag and Seyidbeyli today. More than 6,300 people have found jobs in the districts under Azerbaijani control, authorities reported.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on October 14, 233 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the Khojaly region during the Karabakh conflict returned to the villages of Tezebina and Shushakend.

Azerbaijani authorities have announced a timeline for the return of internally displaced persons to the Khojaly district.

Today, a group of 24 IDPs (members of eight families) arrived in the village of Dashbulag in the Khojaly district, APA reports. Thus, to date, 115 people from 29 families have been resettled in the village.

These IDP families lived in various regions of Azerbaijan, primarily in dormitories, sanatoriums, and administrative buildings, Report writes.

Also today, 61 people from 18 families arrived in the village of Seyidbeyli in the Khojaly district and were given the keys to their new homes. The number of families resettled in the village of Seyidbeyli has reached 27 (92 people), the publication reports.

More than 6,300 people are involved in various employment programs.

In the areas that came under Baku's control after the Karabakh war, more than 6,300 people have already been employed, Asmar Najmeddingizi, a representative of the State Employment Agency, told the publication.

"The agency is actively working both with citizens who have already moved to the liberated areas and with those who are preparing to return. As of today," she said.

Najmeddingizi added that in Khojaly, the number of participants in self-employment programs in the manufacturing, services, and agriculture sectors has reached 130 people, the publication says.

As a reminder, on September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan launched large-scale military operations and took control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which triggered a mass exodus of the Armenian population. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh had arrived in Armenia, and by September 2024, only 14 Armenians remained in the region. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Beginning and End of the Unrecognized Republic of Artsakh".

By August 2024, 2,036 families (7,901 people) of internally displaced persons (IDPs) had returned to the territories of Karabakh that had come under Baku's control.

Azerbaijani IDPs complained about the difficulties of returning to Karabakh. In particular, they noted a shortage of jobs in Fuzuli. People are seeking opportunities to return to their homelands, but in the territories under Azerbaijani control, property issues have not yet been resolved, IDPs noted.

Azerbaijani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" pointed out that simply providing housing for IDPs returning to their cities is not enough. The authorities must create jobs and build infrastructure, they emphasized.