POLITICS
STEF GORIS, PRESIDENT OF ASSEMBLY OF WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION VISITS REFUGEE CAMP IN SABIRABAD
A delegation headed by President of the Assembly of the Western European Union Stef Goris visited refugee camp Galagain in Sabirabad district on October 25, where they have familiarized themselves with the living conditions of the refugees and IDPs, as well as viewed local schools and polling stations. The guests were accompanied by the Head of the Department at the Cabinet of Ministers Gurban Sadixov, Head of the International Relations Department of the Milli Majlis Namig Aliyev and Head of Executive Body of Sabirabad district Ashraf Mammadov. Gurban Sadixov informed the guests about the measures taken by the government in order to protect the rights of the refugees, resettlement of 6410 refugee families to the newly built communities at the expense of the State Oil Fund and those undertaken under the Executive Order on elimination of the tent camps in Saatli and Sabirabad districts issued by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. The book “Information about almost one million people who became refugees and internally displaced as a result of the ethnic cleansing and occupation of 20% of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia (1988-2005) was presented to the guests.