ArmInfo. The International  Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) acts as a neutral intermediary to  support efforts of the conflict sides to determine the fate of those  persons. In connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there are  over 4,500 missing people, both military and civilians, registered by  the ICRC Delegations in Armenia and Azerbaijan and its Mission in  Nagorno-Karabakh. More than 400 of them were registered in Armenia.  Since 2014, the organization has been collecting DNA from the close  relatives of the missing. The goal is to preserve information that  may be used to identify human remains in the future.

ArmInfo.First Deputy Minister  of Defense David Tonoyan received today Head of International  Committee of Red Cross in Armenia Caroline Duez and newly appointed  ICRC's regional coordinator for the missing persons Samir  Khadzimustafik.  The press-service of the Defense Ministry informs  that during the meeting issues aimed at finding information about  persons missing as a result of military actions were discussed, as  well as problems related to work implemented between the working  group of the Armenian State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages  and Missing Persons and ICRC delegation.