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Up to 25 Azerbaijanis abducted or lost in Ukraine

14 June 2016 15:52 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Mubariz Aslanov â€“ APA. Up to 25 Azerbaijanis were abducted or lost in Ukraine over the last few months.

Most of them are Azerbaijani citizens, two â€“ Georgian and the rest â€“ Ukrainian citizens.

To ensure the safety of these persons, their names were disclosed. Â

Speaking to APA, the secretary of consular section of the Azerbaijani embassy in Ukraine Abbas Mustafayev said that an appeal has already been sent to Ukraineâ€™s law-enforcement bodies, and the Interior Ministry has launched criminal cases on each fact. Â

â€œWe are in close contact with the Interior Ministry. We want the criminal cases to be solved as soon as possible,â€ he noted.

Mustafayev added that the embassy appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross as well.

Hikmat Javadov, chairman of the United Diaspora of Ukrainian Azerbaijanis (ODAU), in a statement to APA said that on behalf of the Azerbaijanis living in Ukraine, an appeal has been sent to Ukraineâ€™s Security Service, General Prosecutor's Office and Interior Ministry

â€œThis issue is of serious concern to the Azerbaijanis living in Ukraine. In this regard, we had a meeting at the Security Serviceâ€™s relevant department on diaspora affairs. We were assured that this undesirable case will be prevented. This week, we will have a meting in the embassy regarding the issue. As an Azerbaijani community, we will do everything possible for the abducted and missing Azerbaijanis to be released and found,â€ added Javadov.