The entire Karabakh region, including the city of Shusha, will become a zone of "green energy", Aydin Karimov, the special presidential representative to Shusha told Trend News Agency on Monday.
According to Karimov, construction, restoration and reconstruction activities in the city have been ongoing for about 10 months.
“Foremost is the implementation of projects to restore urban infrastructure has begun,” he emphasized.
The special representative noted that among the infrastructural projects, those related to the city's power supply are of particular importance.
"The 110/35/10 kv substation is already fully operational. According to the relevant decree of the Azerbaijani president, the construction of a heat supply system for the city of Shusha has begun,” he continuted.
“By the end of this year, seven boiler houses will be built, most of which will be powered by electricity. The entire Karabakh region, including Shusha, will become a ‘green energy’ zone, and we will try to use sustainable energy as much as possible.”
Besides, according to Karimov, measures are underway to supply water to the city.
"Together with Azersu OJSC, we began to restore most of the lines laid in the city from water sources. These lines haven’t been repaired since 1970s-1980s. Armenian aggressors have put them out of action for 30 years [since its occupation in the first Karabakh war in 1990s]," he added.
Relations between the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Upper Karabakh, a territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, and seven adjacent regions.
During a subsequent 44-day conflict which ended under a deal signed Nov. 10, Azerbaijan liberated several cities and nearly 300 settlements and villages from Armenian nearly three-decade occupation.
The cease-fire is seen as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia, whose armed forces withdrew in line with the agreement.
