Dunya Mijatovich
The death of three people shows the urgent need to demine the areas affected by the conflict – Dunja Mijatović
Baku/04.06.21/Turan: Further to the explosion of a landmine, which killed three people and wounded several others, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, published the following comment on her twitter account:
The explosion of a landmine which killed three people, including two journalists, & wounded several others in Kalbajar shows the urgent need to demine the areas affected by the conflict in NagornoKarabakh, including through international cooperation.” -02D-
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