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PACE passes declaration calling to return corpses of Azerbaijani servicemen to their state

07 October 2010 09:09 (UTC +04:00)

Within the framework of the fall session, member of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Ganira Pashayeva prepared a document on need to return the corpses of Azerbaijani servicemen. Written declaration under the title â€œNeed to return the corpses of Azerbaijani soldiers to their stateâ€ has been spread at the Council of Europe in English, French languages. The document has been signed by Council of Europe member statesâ€™ MPs. According to regulations of PACE, written declarations are not spread only by publication, but also it is declared at plenary meeting by Presidium.

Mubariz Ibrahimov a non-commissioned officer of the Azerbaijani Army, was shot down by Armenian military personnel on 18 June 2010 when fighting back the Armenian armed forces that broke the ceasefire in the Azerbaijani territories under their occupation and launched an assault on Azerbaijani settlements on the opposite side. Armenian soldiers took the corpse of Mubariz Ibrahimov with them and refused to give it back to the Azerbaijani side. A few days later, the photos of his corpse were installed on the Internet. Since then, the Armenian authorities refuse to return Mubariz Ibrahimovâ€™s corpse, ignoring the efforts of the Azerbaijani Government and the International Red Cross.

Farid Ahmadov, another Azerbaijani officer, shared the same fate on 4 September 2010. The Armenian side refuses to return his corpse to Azerbaijan too.

Nevertheless, during the visit to the region by the International Red Cross spokesperson, Armenians confirmed that they had kept the corpses of the above-mentioned persons.
By stressing the contradiction of the above-mentioned cases with international law norms, notably their negative impact on the sensitive negotiation process towards peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, the Assembly calls for the return of the corpses of Mubariz Ibrahimov and Farid Ahmadov to Azerbaijan.

Note that, this written declaration passed by PACE had been declared by chairman at the meeting of the Assembly. Information on it has been posted on the official website of the organization.