The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) takes every opportunity to remind states about their obligations stemming from the Geneva Conventions, and is ready to support in the issue of returning war prisoners of the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, ICRC Vice President Gilles Carbonnier told Armenpress, speaking about the opportunities of returning the Armenian POWs held in Azerbaijan.
The ICRC vice president informed that the representatives of the ICRC nearly every month visit the prisoners, assessing the treatment towards them, conditions of detention and make sure if they keep in touch with their families.
Gilles Carbonnier also spoke about his visit to Armenia, and three decades of neutral presence and humanitarian work of the ICRC in the region.
“A key issue we focused on was the ICRC’s commitment to facilitate the regional efforts aiming at clarifying the fate of people missing in relation to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” he said.