President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the groundbreaking ceremony of a new four-story residential building for the quake-affected families in 20 January street, Shamakhi district.

Axar.az reports that the head of state laid the foundation stone for the 44-apartment residential building.

President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva then met with local residents and talked to them.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have viewed new houses constructed for the quake-affected families in Shamakhi.

President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva first familiarized themselves with the conditions created in Rasim Hasanov’s newly-built house in Salman Mumtaz street, Shamakhi district, and talked to his family members at a tea table.

The head of state and first lady then viewed conditions created in new houses built for Elmira Hasanova’s family in Teymur Aliyarbayov street, and for Vugar Teyfurov’s family in Sattar Bahlulzada street in the district, and had a talk with them.