NKR SHOULD DIRECTLY PARTAKE IN SEARCH FOR MISSING AND RELEASE OF PRISONERS OF WAR
PanARMENIAN.Net
20.06.2006 13:28 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yesterday Nagorno Karabakh FM Grigory Petrosyan
met with the delegation of the International Working Group (IWG) for
Search for the Missing, Hostages and Release of Prisoners of War in
the zone of the NK conflict. The Group comprises Co-Chairs Bernhard
Klazen (Germany) and Paat Zakareishvili (Georgia), coordinators Karine
Minasyan (Armenia), Avaz Hasanov (Azerbaijan) and Albert Voskanyan
(NKR), reports the NKR MFA Press Service.
During the meeting the current state of affairs in the IWG activities,
matters of activation of the search for the missing and graves,
problems and future plans were discussed. Georgy Petrosyan noted
that Nagorno Karabakh has continuously assisted the IWG activities
and is always open to cooperation, while Baku constantly refuses to
contact the respective NKR state commission. The Minister emphasized
that politicization of the field is inadmissible, emphasizing that
hostilities were in the territory of NK and NKR representatives
should directly and actively participate in search for the missing,
hostages and release of prisoners of war.
The IWG members agreed with the opinion of the NKR FM over the openness
of the Karabakh party and its assistance to the Group work. At the
same time Bernhard Klazen regretted that today former prisoners of
war are judged and persecuted in Azerbaijan. He remarked that the
IWG will do its best to convince Baku to refuse that practice. The
meeting participants were for active cooperation of all interested
parties in solving problems in that humanitarian field.