Azerbaijan returned the corpse of Armenian serviceman

The process of handing over the body took place in the direction of the Bash Garvand village of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam district on April 20 through the mediation of the ICRC and the OSCE. 

 

Azerbaijan's State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People reported on April 19 that the body of an Armenian serviceman killed on the contact line will be handed over the Armenian side on April 20 at 15:00 pm and this decision was made by the relevant government structures.

 

The Commission added that the body of the Armenian serviceman was found  on April 11 on the territory under the control of Azerbaijan.

 

The State Commission appealed to the ICRC so that it take part in the humanitarian mission and inform the Armenian side.