Karabakh: Azerbaijan hasn't allowed search operations for February 3

PanARMENIAN.Net - On February 3, rescue teams of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) were supposed to conduct search operations near Fizuli and Jabrayil to recover the bodies of servicemen killed during the Nagorno-Karabakh war, but the Azerbaijanis did not authorize the mission on territories controlled they control without giving any reasons, the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Hunan Tadevosyan has said, according to Panorama.am.

“The search groups were preparing to leave in the morning when they received a call and were told that no work would be carried out today,” he said.

As a result of search operations carried out on February 2, one body was found in the vicinity of the city of Hadrut. A forensic medical examination has been appointed to establish the identity of the deceased, Tadevosyan said.

Since November 13, the Nagorno-Karabakh rescue teams have found the bodies and remains of 1355 people, including at least 15 civilians, who have failed to leave their homes when their settlements went under Azerbaijan's control.