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List of soldiers killed in the course of military operations in Karabakh is being formed in Azerbaijan, reports Azerbaijani news agency "APA" referring to some "military sources."

The article states that there are some "facts" allegedly proving that "the Azerbaijani side suffered less casualties in the Karabakh war than it was previously stated."

Currently, the Azerbaijani State Service for Mobilization and Conscription conducted refining works are being carried out. The lists are being recompiled. The new list will involve the names of those killed in the front fighting and those killed during the ceasefire.

The Azerbaijani State Service for Mobilization and Conscription learnt during the investigation that there are "a lot of random people" in the list of dead. "This list includes names of people killed in armed conflicts which are away from the front line, names of soldiers killed in car accidents, civilians not involved in combat operations," the statement said.

It is reported that the final list will be posted on the official website of the Azerbaijani State Service for Mobilization and Conscription.

Azerbaijani officials often present different figures of casualties of armed forces suffered during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, in order to understate the number of losses. For example, if the previous President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev in June 1994 spoke of 21,000 deaths, than Ilham Aliyev in an interview to "Al Jazeera" (October 2011) stated about 13-15 thousand dead and missing Azerbaijanis. It is noteworthy that in February of 2007 a group of 9 Azerbaijani NGOs and 3 experts released their data, according to which in the course of hostilities in Karabakh 24,000 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed, and another 4.5 thousand are missing.

Azerbaijani officials also present different numbers of disabled during the Karabakh war - from 10 to 50 thousand.