Representatives of families of Azerbaijanis missing from the Karabakh conflict met European External Action Service officials in Brussels on October 21, seeking European Union assistance in obtaining information about their relatives’ fate.
The meeting marked the first time representatives of the Azerbaijani families had been received by the EU diplomatic service, according to APA.
Participants included members of the Qarabağ Missing Families public association, political adviser Okke Baumann from the office of the EU special representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, and Azerbaijan relations coordinator Marco Cardinali.
Association chair Konul Behbudova said Armenia had not provided families with the information they need, including after the conflict ended. She said 32 mass graves had been discovered in territories retaken by Azerbaijan. The allegation of Armenian responsibility and the figure cited are the position of the Azerbaijani side.
The meeting followed two public demonstrations in Brussels. Relatives gathered outside the European Parliament at Luxembourg Square on October 20 and held another action at Schuman Square, near the main EU institutions, on October 21.
The association said it would continue its campaign until families receive information about the missing. Participants have called for wartime archives to be opened and for details about possible burial sites to be provided.
The Brussels activities are a new development following the families’ earlier international appeals concerning more than 4,000 Azerbaijanis whose fate remains unknown.
Source: Vesti Baku.