A $30 million project called “The restoration of freed territories” financed by the World Bank is being realized in Azerbaijan. The project aims at the re-settlement of refugees and forced migrants of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict period and is carried out by the Agency for restoration and reconstruction of the territories of Azerbaijan. Thus, against such a background, Azerbaijani leadership’s statements on intention “to return” by force the territories, which make a safety belt around NKR, sound rather doubtfully.