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Baku/04.04.22/Turan: On Monday, the President Ilham Aliyev received Director General of the International Commission on Missing Persons Katherine Bomberger.
Aliyev informed about 3890 Azerbaijanis who went missing during the first Karabakh war. Many of them were tortured, killed and buried in mass graves by Armenians. Azerbaijan's repeated appeals to clarify the fate of these people were ignored by Armenia.
After the liberation of the occupied territories during the 44-day war in 2020, a mass grave was discovered in the village of Edilli in the Khojavend region. The remains were sent to laboratories for DNA analysis.
Aliyev stressed that the experience and capabilities of the International Commission on Missing Persons are very important given its experience in various countries of the world.
Bomberger, for her part, expressed her readiness to work closely with Azerbaijan to clarify the fate of the missing. She noted that the organization was actively working in different countries of the world, including the Balkans.
Emphasizing the importance of collecting DNA samples and identifying people through laboratory research, Bomberger said that the organization is ready to contribute to the creation of a database of missing people in Azerbaijan, to excavation of mass graves, and to improve the skills of local specialists.
She noted that within the framework of the visit, a memorandum of cooperation will be signed with the State Commission for the Affairs of Prisoners of War, Missing Persons and Hostages of Azerbaijan. –06В-
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