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OSCE thanks ICRC for aid to return Azerbaijani soldier’s body

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 6 February 2017 15:19 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 6

By Elmira Tariverdiyeva – Trend:

Austrian chairmanship of the OSCE has on its official Twitter account expressed gratitude to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for its efforts in returning the Azerbaijani soldier’s body.

The remains of Azerbaijani soldier Chingiz Gurbanov were returned from Armenia to Azerbaijan in a transfer facilitated by the ICRC Feb. 5.

OSCE’s Austrian chairmanship also urged the sides to recall the Astrakhan agreements.

The handover took place on the road between the Armenian town of Ijevan and the Azerbaijani town of Gazakh at the Azerbaijan-Armenia border.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed the Astrakhan declaration on Oct. 27, 2010, which is of humanitarian nature and provides for the return of prisoners of war.

The document was signed as a result of talks between the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, then President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan in Astrakhan on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict’s settlement.

The ICRC has been carrying out humanitarian work in the region due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict since 1992.

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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