YEREVAN. – First Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan on Tuesday met with Sarah Epprecht, Head of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation in Armenia.

The interlocutors conferred on the possible avenues for the implementation of the agreements on the exchange of data on those who have gone missing as a result of the Karabakh conflict, the Armenia MOD press service informed.

The deputy defense minister stressed that the Armenian side is productively collaborating with the ICRC ever since 1992, and it plans to continue this work.

The head of the ICRC Delegation in Armenia, for her part, noted that being a neutral, impartial and independent organization, the Red Cross considers one of its regional priorities to be to determine the fate of around 4,500 persons who have gone missing as a result of the Karabakh conflict.

In turn, Tonoyan informed that the Armenian MOD stands ready to cooperate with Azerbaijan, and under the auspices of the ICRC, in exchanging data on the missing.