POLITICS
LISTS OF AZERBAIJANIS MISSING DURING THE ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI NAGORNY KARABAKH CONFLICT PRESENTED TO MFA
Greeting the gusts, the Minister highly appreciated activity of the ICRC representation in the Country, noting that the Republic attaches great importance to development of cooperation with this Committee.
In the course of the meeting, Minister Vilayat Guliyev expressed his regret for the unsolved Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorny Karabakh conflict, also updated on the accrued problems as a result of the conflict – occupation of Azerbaijan’s territories, hard plight of the refugees and IDPs, POWs, unaccounted for and hostages. The Minister stressed the necessity of fair position of the international structures, as well as of ICRC in removal of these problems.
Senior representative of the International Committee of Red Crescent on Europe and America Ms. Beatrice Mezhvan Roggo presented to the Minister the lists of the Azerbaijanis missing as a result of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorny Karabakh conflict. At the same time, stated that the lists base on exact sources, stressing the necessity of further search in this direction.
Then, the parties touched upon the conditions in the places of confinement, stressing the necessity of bringing them to conformity with the European standards.
The parties had exchange of views on a number of other issues of mutual interest.