Saturday, April 10 2021 12:58

ArmInfo. Head of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Artak Davtyan assured that maximum efforts are being made to return the prisoners of war home, to  clarify as soon as possible the fate of the missing, as well as to  search and identify the remains of the bodies.

He stated this during a meeting on April 9 with the parents and relatives of the captured  or missing servicemen during the fighting in Artsakh.

As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense, Davtyan  provided detailed information on search operations, answered  questions of interest. He stressed that all the issues raised are in  the focus of the country's military-political leadership.  According  to the source, an agreement was reached on the regular nature of such  meetings. 

It should be reminded that since April 8, the parents of the missing  and prisoners of war have been on the doorstep of the Armenian  Defense Ministry. After waiting all day for either the Minister of  Defense or the Chief of the General Staff to come out to them, and  without waiting for this, by evening they blocked the entrances and  exits of the building. At night, they were joined by the parents and  relatives of the prisoners of war, who, after false information about  the return of the group from Baku, went to the building of the  Ministry of Defense.  From the morning of April 9, the interstate  roads Gyumri-Yerevan, Gumri-Vanadzor were blocked, the railway  communication on the Gyumri-Yerevan route was also paralyzed.