(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) First version published at 12:53
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 26. The State Support
Agency for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) of Azerbaijan
hosted a press conference of the "Families of Missing Persons in
Karabakh" Public Association, trend reports.
The press conference was attended by family members of 15
missing members of the organization and representatives of NGOs
working in the field of assistance to war victims.
Speaking about the establishment and activities of the
organization, its chairperson Konul Behbudova noted that the main
goal of the organization is to protect the rights of persons
missing, taken hostage, and prisoners as a result of the military
aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan, and their families,
collecting information about the missing persons, prisoners, and
hostages, supporting activities for their return to the
homeland.
Besides, Behbudova called on the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC), the International Commission on Missing Persons
(ICMP), the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Enforced or
Involuntary Disappearances, the Global Alliance on Missing Persons,
and other international organizations to raise issues related to
the missing citizens of Azerbaijan, captured and taken hostage by
Armenia.
During the press conference, an appeal was made to international
organizations in connection with the Azerbaijani servicemen held by
the Armenian side, who were captured by Armenia in April 2023.
It was also noted that the brilliant historical victory in the
Second Karabakh War won by the Azerbaijan Army under the leadership
of the Victorious Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President Ilham
Aliyev, gave new hope to the families of the missing.
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