MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEETS ICRC PRESIDENT
The Minister provided the visitors with information about activities of the State Commission towards release of the POWs and hostages and finding the missing persons, enhancing cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, and joint efforts taken to resolve existing problems.
He said the comparative analysis of the missing persons’ lists available at the Commission and provided by ICRC is now underway, noting that initial results on eliminating of existing discrepancies have been achieved. Eldar Mahmudov advised that information about 1472 missing persons have been specified by the working group and submitted to ICRC Baku office.
The Minister pointed out that the draft memorandum on organization of search of the persons who went missing as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict presented by ICRC in 2005, has been considered by the State Committee, and relevant proposals have been submitted to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Eldar Mahmudov said the Commission has reliable information at its disposal confirming that 783 of 4617 missing persons were taken hostages and prisoners, and are currently held in Armenia and the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. He described the release - within two months - of 8 Azerbaijani and 10 Armenian citizens from captivity as a striking example of cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger thanked the Minister for providing sincere and comprehensive information, and highly praised the recent fruitful activities of the State Commission.
The parties pointed to the importance of enhancement of the existing cooperation.
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