PLATVOET: PROGRESS CAN BE ACHIEVED IN FINDING MISSING PERSONS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 26 2006

"We can achieve progress in finding the persons missing as a result of
the conflicts in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia," said Leo Platvoet,
PACE rapporteur on prisoners of war and missing persons, APA’s Europe
bureau reports.

Mr.Platvoet said he believes progress will be achieved in the solution
of the problem on missing persons after his visit in Nagorno Garabagh
and Abkhazia.

"I arrived at a conclusion during my visit in Baku, Tbilisi and Yerevan
in June that the interested sides want to deal with this issue in
terms of humanitarian sphere not politics," the rapporteur underlined.

Platvoet’s report on missing persons in the South Caucasus will be
discussed at January session of PACE.