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By Nazrin Gadimova

Azerbaijan has commenced restoration of houses damaged as a result of shelling from the Armenian side.

Currently, the Agency for Rehabilitation & Reconstruction of the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan (ARRA) is carrying out recovery works in country’s Agdam region, Ragub Mammadov, the head of the region’s executive authority told media.

“The agency has already started to repair the apartments and facilities that have suffered from Armenian provocations in the four villages of the region adjacent to the frontline,” Mammadov stressed.

After the restoration of houses, the agency will build and overhaul completely destroyed and burned buildings, the official said, adding that the Armenian Armed Forces damaged some 72 private houses and 3 administrative buildings from April 2 to April 5.

The intense firing on Azerbaijani settlements along the contact line of troops has also caused great damage to the Azerbaijani civilians living in Terter, Agdam and Fizuli regions.

Infrastructure of Terter region suffered most of all from the military operations launched by Armenian Armed Forces on April 2. Some 163 houses and 5 administrative buildings were subjected to heavy shelling from the Armenian positions. As a result of the military operations 24 houses were totally destroyed and now are uninhabitable.

Several journalists have made photo reportage as they visited the front line in Garadaghli, Gapanli, Duyarli villages in the Tartar region. The reporters took photos of the ruins after the area was shelled by the Armenians. Photos provide a description of the Armenians’ provocation, their targeting civilians and houses.

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Nazrin Gadimova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @NazrinGadimova

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