Azerbaijan continues search for serviceman missing in Karabakh

Azerbaijan continues search for serviceman missing in Karabakh

Azerbaijan continues searching for the serviceman, who went missing during military operations on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People said.

The Azerbaijani state commission also said that a body of Armenian serviceman was handed over to the other side, Trend reports.

Recall, on the night of April 2 all frontier positions of Azerbaijan were exposed to heavy fire from large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and guns. In addition, Azerbaijani settlements near the front line, densely populated by civilians, were shelled.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20% of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US, are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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