Azerbaijan continues search for serviceman gone missing in Karabakh

/By Azernews/

By Nazrin Gadimova

Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People continues to search for the Azerbaijani serviceman, who went missing during the military operations launched as a result of Armenian provocations on the contact line of troops.

As a result of the search efforts made through the mediation of international organizations in order to clarify the fate of the military servicemen from the both sides, the body of one more Armenian serviceman was found and carried away from the neutral zone, the commission reported on April 13.

Baku has informed the relevant international organizations on this fact.

Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared up again on April 2 when Yerevan, which has pursued an aggressive and occupation policy against Baku, tried to tarnish Azerbaijan’s image by provoking war and repeatedly violating the ceasefire and firing on civilians.

Military operations were stopped on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on April 5 at 12:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) with the consent of the sides.

The parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have retrieved the bodies of the military personnel left on the battlefield in accordance with the agreement, which was reached through the mediation of relevant international organizations.

However, despite the agreement, Armenian Armed Forces continue to violate ceasefire on the contact line of troops. Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People said the enemy also violated the ceasefire during the process of exchanging the bodies of the military personnel.