The first meeting of the representative of Baku with the leader of the Karabakh separatists
Baku/12.02.21/ Turan: On February 12, through the mediation of the commander of the Russian peacekeepers, General Rustam Muradov, a meeting was held between the official representative of Baku in Nagorno-Karabakh and the leader of the separatists Arayik Harutyunyan.
Harutyunyan's press secretary reported this without specifying the name of the official representative of Baku, as well as the place of the meeting.
According to the same source, the head of the Karabakh Security Service Armen Abazyan attended at the meeting
During the meeting, issues related to the return of prisoners, the search for missing persons, and other humanitarian issues were discussed. They also discussed issues related to the fate of persons who disappeared during the war of the 1990s, the Armenian side reported.
Official Baku has not yet confirmed the holding of such a sensational meeting. -02V-
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