Azerbaijani State Commission: 6 servicemen still missing since Patriotic War

After the end of the Patriotic War, according to the list provided by the relevant institutions of Azerbaijan, about 300 Azerbaijani servicemen were considered missing, Ismayil Akhundov, secretary of the State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Citizens, head of the working group, said at the conference "Identification of the identity of the missing - a humanitarian approach" dedicated to the International Day of the Disappeared, Report informs.

He said that as a result of search activities carried out with the direct participation of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in accordance with the tripartite statement, the bodies of the servicemen who were considered missing were found and taken out of the territories liberated from the occupation, identified and handed over to the families.

"The State Commission's list of those missing during the Patriotic War now contains only the names of six servicemen. Unfortunately, despite all the efforts and measures taken, it is not yet possible to establish their fate," he added.