Bayramov: Armenia doesn't disclose information about missing persons of 1st Karabakh War

Armenia, ignoring calls from Azerbaijan, does not disclose information about the whereabouts of those who went missing during the First Karabakh War, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Report informs.

"Another pressing issue concerns the fate of approximately 4,000 Azerbaijani citizens who went missing during early 1990s war. Regretfully Armenia has consistently ignored our calls to honor its obligation under the humanitarian and human rights law to disclose information about the whereabouts of these missing persons," the minister said.

According to him, although the conflict has ended and the prospect of peace is emerging, severe challenges related to human rights are present in the post-conflict period.

“Hundreds of thousands of landmines planted by Armenia in liberated territories of Azerbaijan continue to claim innocent lives, obstructing the ongoing recovery and reconstruction efforts in the liberated territories and impeding the rights of Azerbaijani IDPs to return to their homeland. Since the signing of the trilateral statement in 2020, 306 individuals have fallen victim to landmines. Overall more than 3,300 Azerbaijanis became victims during the last 30 years,” Bayramov added.