PACE calls on Yerevan and Baku to resolve problem of missing jointly

PanARMENIAN.Net - «The solution of the problem on missing persons would help remove hostility, mistrust and intolerance between the parties and by this way, resolve the conflicts in the region. Families of missing persons have the right to know what happened to these people. This is their right assigned by international humanitarian law and European Convention on Human Rights," reads the report drawn up by Leo Platvoet, PACE Rapporteur on missing persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.



The report says that not only Azerbaijani, Armenian, Georgian governments, but also the administrations of unrecognized republics of Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia should be involved in the solution of the problem, as the solution of the issue is possible with involvement of all parties.



Therefore PACE calls on all parties to support the efforts for the solution of the problem, approach the problem from humanitarian, not from political aspect, act in the framework of international standards, coordinate their activities with International Committee of the Red Cross, collect all facts, and establish relations with one another and also with families of the missing persons. PACE calls on Armenia to establish a working group for relations with Azerbaijan, complete collecting the facts, exchange information with opposite side and calls Azerbaijan to ratify two protocols added to Geneva Convention, improve relations with relevant commissions dealing with this problem in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, complete collecting facts, exchange information with the opposite side. PACE also calls on the authorities of Nagorno Karabakh to improve relations with relevant commission in Azerbaijan, complete collecting facts and exchange information with the opposite side, reports the APA.