AZERBAIJAN HANDS OVER 95 MORE ARMENIAN SOLDIERS’ BODIES

Tue 20 September 2022:

Tuesday saw the bodies of 95 more Armenian soldiers who were killed in border clashes that Azerbaijan claims the Armenian army “provocation” to start, Anadolu Agency reported.

According to a written statement by the State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons of Azerbaijan, the bodies were transferred to Armenia via the International Red Cross.

Before the delivery, the bodies of 95 Armenian soldiers were examined by the staff of Azerbaijani prosecutor’s office and no traces of violence were found on the bodies, it said.

The search operations in the engagement area for Armenian soldiers who died in the clashes between Sept. 12-14 continue, it added.

The process of handing over the bodies of Armenian soldiers to Armenia will continue, it also said.

Azerbaijan handed over 32 bodies of Armenian soldiers on Sept. 17.

While Yerevan announced that 207 Armenian soldiers were either killed or went missing during recent clashes, Baku said 80 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed.

Baku has accused Yerevan with “large-scale provocations,” alleging mines were planted by saboteurs and “intensive” firing by Armenian forces on Azerbaijani positions.

Since the Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh in 1991, which the international community recognizes as being a part of Azerbaijan, relations between the former Soviet republics have been tense.

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