I would first like to apologize to all the relatives in connection with the improper storage of the bodies and remains of the [fallen soldiers] that was recorded at the Abovyan [city] branch of the Forensic Medical Center yesterday. The Minister of Health of Armenia, Anahit Avanesyan, on Tuesday wrote this on Facebook.

"I was my omission that after some relocation I did not personally visit again and be convinced of the details of the storage of the corpses.

(…) an internal investigation, with appropriate consequences, will be conducted in connection with the fact.

(…) the Ministry [of Health] has always worked to provide transparent information and is in constant contact with the relatives of the fallen.

(…) the bodies and remains in the morgues have already been examined, and the information about the results has always been accessible to the relatives," Avanesyan added, in particular.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health issued a statement noting that, "There can be no question of new or ‘hidden’ corpses and remains."