ARMENIA STANDS READY TO COOPERATE WITH THE AZERBAIJANI SIDE UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE ICRC
15:50, 04 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
First Deputy Minister David Tonoyan received Head of the Delegation of
the International Committee of the Red Cross to Armenia Sarah Epprecht.
During the meeting the parties discussed possible ways of
implementation of agreements to exchange data on missing persons.
The First Deputy Minister of Defense underlined that the Armenian
side has been successfully cooperating with the ICRC since 1992 and
intends to carry on this collaboration.
The Head of the ICRC delegation to Armenia noted, on her part, that one
of the priorities of the ICRC as an impartial, neutral, and independent
organization is to find out the fate of approximately 4,500 people
who went missing in the wake of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Davit Tonoyan noted that within the scope of its authority, the
Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia stands ready to
cooperate with the Azerbaijani side under the aegis of the ICRC
in the exchange of data of missing people which will be a step in
implementation of norms of international humanitarian law.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/04/armenia-stands-ready-to-cooperate-with-the-azerbaijani-side-under-the-aegis-of-the-icrc/
15:50, 04 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
First Deputy Minister David Tonoyan received Head of the Delegation of
the International Committee of the Red Cross to Armenia Sarah Epprecht.
During the meeting the parties discussed possible ways of
implementation of agreements to exchange data on missing persons.
The First Deputy Minister of Defense underlined that the Armenian
side has been successfully cooperating with the ICRC since 1992 and
intends to carry on this collaboration.
The Head of the ICRC delegation to Armenia noted, on her part, that one
of the priorities of the ICRC as an impartial, neutral, and independent
organization is to find out the fate of approximately 4,500 people
who went missing in the wake of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Davit Tonoyan noted that within the scope of its authority, the
Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia stands ready to
cooperate with the Azerbaijani side under the aegis of the ICRC
in the exchange of data of missing people which will be a step in
implementation of norms of international humanitarian law.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/04/armenia-stands-ready-to-cooperate-with-the-azerbaijani-side-under-the-aegis-of-the-icrc/