Azerbaijan to sue Armenia for post-war destructions

TDT | Manama

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President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said that they are to sue Yerevan for causing deliberate post-war destructions in the occupied territories, which he said: “is beyond worst expectations.”
Aliyev said that Azerbaijan is documenting destruction done by Armenia to sue Yerevan.
Addressing the “New Vision for South Caucasus: Post-Conflict Development and Cooperation” international conference held at ADA University, he said the destruction in Azerbaijan’s lands occurred after ending the first Karabakh war in 1994.
On the negotiations process before the war, Aliyev said that Armenia was not committed to it.
“What we have seen after we liberated the territories, those fortifications, those huge hundred million of dollars investments in mining, in building this defence lines. We clearly understand that they were doing it to keep these lands under occupation forever.”
President also stressed the role of civil society in the peacebuilding process in the region. “I think we should count a lot on the support from international NGOs. Azerbaijan is ready to work with them on this issue.”
On a question about reconstruction proses in the liberated territories, Aliyev said, “There is a huge potential for renewable energy, especially, wind energy, and in some parts of the liberated territories, for instance, in Lachin, Kalbajar. There is a huge potential for wind in Jabrayil, Zangilan has potential for solar and water.”
“We are now in the process of restoration of twelve hydropower stations which Armenians destroyed after the war stopped until they left Kalbajar.
He also said that the first pilot project of smart-village and city planning already started.
“So, Karabakh will generate a lot of GDP in the non-energy sector of our economy, also transportation. Three airports are already in the process with works in one of the airports had already started.” On Railroad connections, he said,” Zangilan can become a transportation and logistical hub taking into account its location and proximity to the neighbours.”