President Aliev visits front line communities affected by April fighting

President Ilham Aliev of Azerbaijan on Saturday (3 December) visited communities affected by the fierce fighting in April on the Azerbaijani side of the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. The President inspected various municipal facilities in Terter and Aghdam regions, where he also viewed reconstruction of houses and facilities that had been damaged in the April fighting.

The president was accompanied by his wife, Mehraban Aliyeva.

source: commonspace.eu

photo: Ilham Aliyev with residents of Aghdam during a visit to comunities on the line of contact in the Karabakh conflict zone on 3 December 2016 (picture courtesy of the press service of the president of Azerbaijan).

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