650 homes will be built in Nagorno-Karabakh's Askeran region to accommodate internally displaced persons left homeless after the 44-day war unleashed by Azerbaijan in late 2020.

Artsakh (Ngorno-Karabakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan visited Aygestan and Noragyukh communities of Askeran in the administrative territories of which, separate settlements are being built for the residents of the communities of Azokh and Drakhtik (Hadrut), Karin Tak (Shushi), and Avetaranots (Askeran) which were displaced as a result of the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh in 2020.

The construction of the settlements is carried out with the financial means provided to the governments of Artsakh and Armenia.

"The head of state followed the start of the construction and gave appropriate instructions. The residential districts with about 650 private houses will be provided with all the necessary infrastructure and amenities. The first apartments will be ready in 2022, and the construction is planned to be completed in 2023," Harutyunyan's office said.

"President Harutyunyan stressed that the issue of providing housing to all displaced families after the third Artsakh war is in the center of the state's special attention, and the Government will spare no effort to solve this issue at the shortest possible time. The President of the Artsakh Republic emphasized that in addition to housing projects, the state will support displaced families to carry out economic activities and provide their own income."

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities.