Azerbaijan state commission on prisoners of war, hostages and missing persons convenes

Opening the meeting, the Chairman of the State Commission Eldar Mahmudov said that Commission's international relations has expanded and the search for missing people were strengthened.

At the meeting it was noted that inquiries for 1,082 missing people were sent to the state agencies and international organizations. Upon the request of the department on cooperation with law-enforcement agencies of the Presidential Administration, the information was provided in electronic format to the lawyers who defend the interests of Azerbaijan in the European Court on Human Rights.

The Commission and the International Committee of the Red Cross analyzed and included information on 932 persons registered as missing into database. Relatives of 243 missing people were received.

In addition, fate of 212 persons was clarified, who were removed from the list of missing people.

During the reported period, two Azerbaijani army soldiers and a civilian hostage were released and one soldier dead body was taken from the Armenian side.

Five soldiers and one civilian captured on the line of contact were returned to the Armenian side and another Armenian soldier, who asked not to return to his country, was sent to the third country through the UN High Commission for Refugees.

As of Sept. 1, the commission registered 1,396 people released from captivity.

/Trend News/