Ombudsman: Mass graves in Shusha, Khojaly confirm Armenia's crimes against humanity

Despite repeated requests, Armenia does not comply with its obligations under international law and has been refusing to provide Azerbaijan with information on prisoners, missing persons, and hostages for more than thirty years, Azerbaijani Ombudsman Sabina Aliyeva said in a statement regarding the mass graves discovered in Shusha and Khojaly, Report informs.

Aliyeva noted that during excavations conducted in April near the liberated city of Shusha and on the Askaran-Khojaly road, two mass graves were discovered. The human remains found in those graves are believed to belong to civilians.

According to the ombudsman, the discovery of traces of violence against civilians in the discovered remains once again confirms that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed by Armenia against Azerbaijanis during the First Karabakh War.

Sabina Aliyeva noted that, according to current data, 3,990 people have been registered as missing following Armenia's military aggression against Azerbaijan. As a result of the work done to identify human remains found in mass graves in the liberated territories, the identities of about 170 of our compatriots have been determined so far, and this process is still ongoing.

"Armenia must comply with its obligations under the international treaties to which it is a party, provide accurate information about the burial sites of the murdered individuals, and the international community must exert serious influence on Armenia to provide this information to our country," Aliyeva said.