Foreign Ministry informed of repatriation of 38 Azerbaijani children from Iraq

Baku/28.10.21/Turan: A flight Baghdad-Istanbul-Baku today carried out repatriation of 38 Azerbaijani children from Iraq who were in correctional institutions. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It became possible to bring them home due to the coordinated and step-by-step measures taken by the Azerbaijani government, the Ministry's press release said. First of all, the children's whereabouts and their Azerbaijani citizenship were established. Then they were provided with documents for return to Azerbaijan and air tickets.

Prior to their repatriation, they underwent preliminary medical and psychological examination and received necessary assistance.

As a whole, the 38 children accompanied by state officials were repatriated to Azerbaijan by a flight Baghdad-Istanbul-Baku.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminds that 288 Azerbaijani citizens, including 286 children and two women, have been repatriated from Iraq up to now.

Note that the repatriated are family members of those who had gone to Syria and Iraq to take part in military actions on the side of ISIS and other terrorist groups. -06В-