ICRC: Bodies of 200 dead soldiers exchanged in Karabakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Azerbaijan have already exchanged the bodies of 200 dead in Nagorno-Karabakh. President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer said, according to RIA Novosti.

Maurer noted that the priority of the organization's activities in Nagorno-Karabakh is to help displaced persons, retrieve the bodies of those killed, as well as visit prisoners of war to prepare for possible negotiations and exchange.

The head of the ICRC also thanked the Russian peacekeepers and described the committee's cooperation with them as very close.

The Armenian side has published the names of 1,434 soldiers killed in fighting between September 27 and November 10. At the same time, the Ministry of Health of Armenia reported on November 14 that the forensic medical service had examined the bodies of 2,317 dead servicemen, some of which have not been identified.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev have signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Karabakh (Artsakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan has said he has agreed to the deal signed by Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan.