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Dashalti to operate as a tourism village, Special Representative says

Dashalti to operate as a tourism village, Special Representative says

Baku, May 19, AZERTAC

“The village of Dashalti in Shusha will operate as a tourism village,” said Aydin Karimov, Special Representative of the President in the Shusha district, in a statement to journalists within the framework of the 13th Session of the United Nations World Urban Forum (WUF13).

“Construction of the village will begin this year,” he added.

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