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Azerbaijan suffered $7 billion by Armenian-occupation of Lachin

18 May 2007 13:21 (UTC +04:00)

Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan (ACSDA) and Public Union for Protection of Rights of Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Azerbaijan held a round table on Lachin is ancient Azerbaijan territory. He said in the prewar period, 63,000 Azerbaijanis lived in the region of Lachin. Gadir Nasirov, head of Public Union for Protection of Rights of Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons made a report on the damages inflicted to Azerbaijan during Lachinâ€™s occupation.
â€œDuring the Armenian occupation , one Azerbaijani city, one settlement and 125 villages were destroyed, rare forest trees in 34 877 ha territories were cut down and sold abroad. Azerbaijan suffered totally $ 7 099 526 500 in result of the occupation of its territories by Armenian forces.
Head of Association for Protection of Azerbaijan monuments Faig Ismayilov reported on the subject â€œArmenian plan for Lachinâ€™s occupation and its fulfillmentâ€. According to him, the occupied territory was of great strategically importance in the plans of Armenians and Lachin corridor was connecting Karabakh separatists with Armenia. He said there was special operation for the occupation of Lachin. â€œSome days before Lachinâ€™s occupation, its big civilian settlements were fired by special Armenian military forces. But Armenians try to cast a shadow on the events and divert international communityâ€™s attention. Lachin, Gubadli, Zangilan, Kalbajar and other regions were occupied by Armenian Armed Forcesâ€.
The round table participants applied to international bodies. The application called on Armenians to withdraw from Azerbaijani territories unconditionally. /APA/