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Diplomatic opportunities must be used to get Azerbaijani soldier’s body

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 12 January 2017 18:53 (UTC +04:00)
Diplomatic opportunities must be used to return the body of the killed Azerbaijani soldier, now kept by the Armenian side
Diplomatic opportunities must be used to get Azerbaijani soldier’s body

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 12

By Seba Aghayeva – Trend:

Diplomatic opportunities must be used to return the body of the killed Azerbaijani soldier, now kept by the Armenian side, said the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova during a briefing on Jan. 12.

A reconnaissance group of the Armenian Armed Forces tried to violate the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border on Dec. 29, 2016. The Armenian group found itself in the ambush of the Azerbaijani army while violating the borders and suffered heavy losses. Chingiz Gurbanov, a serviceman of Azerbaijani Armed Forces, went missing during the fight.

It was later found out that Armenia kept the soldier’s body.

The Azerbaijani side has officially appealed to the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Azerbaijan, the OSCE Minsk Group, as well as to Andrzej Kasprzyk, personal representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office. Despite this, the Azerbaijani soldier’s body has not been given yet.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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