Parties to Karabakh conflict stop fire to search for bodies — Karabakh Armed Forces

Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh have agreed for complete ceasefire in the afternoon on Friday to search for bodies of servicemen, press secretary of Nagorno Karabakh’s Armed Forces Col. Senor Asratyan told TASS on Friday.

"Today between 15:00 and 20:00 local time the parties will cease fire completely at the northern and southern directions of the line of engagement," he said.

That would be necessary to "search for the missing and for bodies of the servicemen of the Karabakh and Azerbaijan armed forces."

"The search will be organized with involvement of the Red Cross Committee and the field assistants for the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in issues related to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," he said.

• Press service of Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry has confirmed the information.

"With mediation of the OSCE’s Office in Baku and the International Red Cross Committee, bodies of both sides’ servicemen will be taken from the battlefield on April 8," the defense ministry said.

Overnight to April 2, hostilities erupted on the line disengaging warring sides in Nagorno-Karabakh. Later, the parties to the conflict accused each other of the ceasefire violations. On Tuesday, chiefs of Armenian and Azeri Armed Forces’ General Staffs reached an agreement to cease fire at 11.00 Moscow time (08.00 am UTC) on April 5........More: http://tass.ru/en/world/868301
8/4/16
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