Armenia to send 50 fallen soldiers’ remains to the Netherlands for DNA testing

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Armenia –

The Armenian government on Thursday approved a draft decision to provide more than 31 million drams to the Ministry of Health for DNA analysis of the remains of soldiers killed in the 2020 war in Artsakh.

The ministry will send 50 samples of tissues to the Netherlands for DNA testing to identify the fallen soldiers.

"There are still complex, damaged and modified bone tissues which cannot be subjected to DNA extraction for human identification. Therefore, it is necessary to send another 50 bone tissue samples to the Netherlands,” the draft decision said.

An additional $75,000 will be needed to extract DNA from the damaged bone tissues and to reveal their complete genetic profile, it added.

According to the latest data, 3,825 Armenian servicemen were killed in the 44-day war.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS