France allocates over 500,000 euros to Azerbaijan to search for missing people

France has allocated more than half a million euros to Azerbaijan in search of nearly 4000 citizens who disappeared during the first Karabakh war, the French Embassy in Baku reports.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan has reported that 3890 residents of the country, including 719 civilians, have gone missing since the beginning of the Karabakh conflict.

France has allocated over 500,000 euros in the form of voluntary contributions to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to search for nearly 4000 Azerbaijanis who disappeared during the first Karabakh war, the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent was told at the country’s embassy in Baku.

The French Embassy also notes that France will allocate another amount of 400,000 euros to Azerbaijan to clean up the territories from mines.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 9, 2021 at 11:19 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.