ICRC'S YEREVAN OFFICE HAS RECEIVED NO REQUESTS ON POW REPATRIATION
Tert.am
11:29 02.11.10
To date, no request or claim on organizing the repatriation of
either Armenian or Azerbaijani refugees has been submitted to the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), according to Ashot
Astabatsyan, Communication Programs Coordinator at ICRC Yerevan Office.
~SThe International Committee of the Red Cross has the status of a
neutral mediator, and its activities towards organizing repatriation
derive from such status,~T he told Tert.am.
According to Mr. Astabatsyan, there are currently 8 prisoners of war,
6 civilians as well as 3 dead bodies on Armenian and Azerbaijani
territories.
In a recent meeting in Astrakhan, Russia, Armenian and Azeri Presidents
Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev reached an agreement on exchanging
prisoners of war and returning the dead bodies of all those killed
as a result of ceasefire violation.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
11:29 02.11.10
To date, no request or claim on organizing the repatriation of
either Armenian or Azerbaijani refugees has been submitted to the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), according to Ashot
Astabatsyan, Communication Programs Coordinator at ICRC Yerevan Office.
~SThe International Committee of the Red Cross has the status of a
neutral mediator, and its activities towards organizing repatriation
derive from such status,~T he told Tert.am.
According to Mr. Astabatsyan, there are currently 8 prisoners of war,
6 civilians as well as 3 dead bodies on Armenian and Azerbaijani
territories.
In a recent meeting in Astrakhan, Russia, Armenian and Azeri Presidents
Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev reached an agreement on exchanging
prisoners of war and returning the dead bodies of all those killed
as a result of ceasefire violation.
From: A. Papazian