ONLY 6 PRISONERS-OF-WAR AND HOSTAGES WERE RETURNED TO KARABAKH IN 1994-2000February 9, 2001 - 17:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 09.02.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. On February 11-13 a conference will be held in Tbilisi, dedicated to the problems of the search of people, missing in war and peace time. Delegations from Caucasian states will participate in the conference, to which representatives of the Union of the relatives of the missing soldiers of NKR are also invited. As the chairman of the Union Vera Grigorian told Mediamax, NKR delegation is going to suggest that all the prisoners-of war and missing people be released on the principle of "All to all", without connecting this with the final resolution of the conflict. Mrs. Grigorian said 600 people are included in the lists of the Union, 200 of which are militaries. In her words, only 6 hostages and prisoners-of- war were returned to Karabakh in the period from 1994 to 2000. --0-- Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |