Baku, 27 August 2022 (TDI): The Secretary General of the OTS (Organization of Turkic States), Baghdad Amreyev, issued an official statement on the return of the City of Lachin and the Villages of Zabuh and Sus to Azerbaijan.
Statement by the Secretary General of the OTS on the Return of the City of Lachin and the Villages of Zabuh and Sus to Azerbaijan 👇
🔗https://t.co/2YddXIbopI pic.twitter.com/dQYprenYSu— Organization of Turkic States (@Turkic_States) August 26, 2022
The official text of the statement issued by the Secretary General of the OTS is as follows:
The Secretariat of the OTS welcomes the return of the city of Lachin and the villages of Zabuh and Sus to Azerbaijan as a continuation of the implementation process of the Trilateral Declaration of 9/10 November 2020.
The OTS reiterates its support and commitment to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of brotherly Azerbaijan and expresses its readiness to contribute to the post-conflict rehabilitation, reconstruction, and reintegration efforts in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan.
The OTS underlines the importance of the diplomatic efforts and supports the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which would serve peace and stability in the South Caucasus and the cause of returning the internally displaced persons to the liberated territories.
Lachin City (Background)
Lachin lies on the route between the city of Khankendi in Karabakh and Armenia. Lachin and its villages were occupied by the Armenian army in 1992, and then Armenians brought from Syria and Lebanon were settled there in the following years.
The area was temporarily put under Russian control in line with the tripartite declaration signed by Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia in November 2020, following 44 days of the Second Karabakh war between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Bu gün, avqustun 26-da biz – Azərbaycanlılar Laçın şəhərinə qayıtmışıq. Azərbaycan Ordusu Laçın şəhərinə yerləşdi. Zabux və Sus kəndləri nəzarətə götürüldü. Bütün Laçınlıları və Azərbaycan xalqını bu münasibətlə təbrik edirəm.
Yaşasın Laçın!
Yaşasın Azərbaycan!— İlham Əliyev (@azpresident) August 26, 2022
On 26 August 2022, the President of Azerbaijan announced and congratulated the Azerbaijani people that Lachin and the villages of Zabukh and Sus have returned to Azerbaijan and that these areas are now under the control of Azerbaijani the Army.
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