YEREVAN. – The number of missing Armenian freedom fighters during the Karabakh War reaches 1,000, there are data about 94 of them possibly being taken captives, and efforts are underway to have them returned.
The member of the working group of Armenia’s Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, Rima Arakelyan, told the aforementioned to reporters. She added, however, that the similar commission which functions in Azerbaijan displays no will towards collaborating with the Armenian side.
“There are no precise data on these 94 [people]. We are still unable to find common ground with Azerbaijan in any way,” Arakelyan specifically noted.
In her words, the International Committee of Red Cross therefore remains the only mediator for the return of these captives.
“The Red Cross has pledged to help; we hope that it helps. But they are not bringing [the pledges] to complete fruition; they are doing nothing,” Rima Arakelyan concluded.
