Hikmet Hajiyev: The issue of missing persons is a question of justice and peace - PHOTO
The problem of persons missing in action remains one of the most painful humanitarian consequences of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
As 1news.az reports, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan – Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev wrote about this on his page in the social network "X".
«More than three decades after the First Karabakh War, 4,009 Azerbaijani citizens are still listed as missing. Thousands of families continue to live without realizing the fundamental right to know the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones.
In the course of ongoing efforts to search, exhume and identify, 889 human remains have been exhumed, 313 missing persons have been identified using DNA and forensic medical examination, and the remains of 226 people have been returned to their families for dignified burial.
The discovery of 32 mass graves in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan serves as further evidence of the scale of this humanitarian tragedy and underscores the urgent need to continue cooperation to clarify the fate of the missing.
Addressing the issue of missing persons is not only a humanitarian obligation. It is a matter of justice, human dignity, reconciliation and lasting peace», noted Hajiyev.
The issue of missing persons remains one of the most painful humanitarian consequences of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
More than three decades after the First Karabakh War, 4,009 Azerbaijani citizens remain registered as missing. Thousands of families continue to live with… pic.twitter.com/xOWzNrCzDi — Hikmet Hajiyev (@HikmetHajiyev) June 11, 2026
