Nikol Pashinyan
Baku/15.09.22/Turan: The Armenian authorities do not comment on Baku's statement about its readiness to hand over the bodies of about 100 Armenian soldiers who died during the fighting on September 12-13.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, answering the question of one of the deputies in parliament whether it is true that there are 100 military personnel on the Azerbaijani side, did not give a clear answer.
“I have published the number of our dead to date. I propose not to raise or discuss propaganda theses,” he said.
The delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Armenia confirmed that it had received an offer to hand over the bodies. However, when and where the bodies of the dead will be handed over to Armenia is not clear. -0-
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