Aliyev demands that Armenia provide information about missing Azerbaijanis.
07-10-2026 11:37 Armenia Politics
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Azatutyun. The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has demanded that Armenia provide information regarding the fate of missing Azerbaijanis, as well as possible burial sites for them.
«Armenia must provide all information regarding the fate of missing Azerbaijanis, mass and individual graves, and create conditions for opening the relevant archives and collecting witness testimonies,» Aliyev stated in his message to participants of the international conference on missing persons in Baku.
The President of Azerbaijan insisted that providing such information is not only a «legal obligation and humanitarian responsibility,» but will also contribute to strengthening trust between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
«Information regarding the fate of individuals should not become a subject of political negotiation,» Aliyev declared.
The President of Azerbaijan also linked the issue of missing persons to the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, recalling the joint declaration signed in Washington on August 8 of last year and the preliminary signing of the peace agreement.
«Establishing sustainable peace, apart from political agreements, requires strengthening trust and eliminating the humanitarian consequences of the conflict. Clarifying the fate of the missing is an integral part of this process,» Aliyev stated.
According to the latest official data from Yerevan, six years after the 2020 war, the whereabouts of 191 individuals, including 172 servicemen and 19 civilians, remain unknown, while approximately 900 people went missing in the first Nagorno-Karabakh war. According to official data from Baku, around 4000 Azerbaijanis are considered missing as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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