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Due to the exceptional mediation efforts of Russia and with the participation of the field team of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, and the ICRC, the bodies of 29 Armenian servicemen killed in action were handed over to the Armenian side on Thursday, October 29, the Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.

At the same time the ICRS efforts have resulted in one civilian’s repatriation to Armenia, Shushan Stepanyan added.

“In its turn, the Armenian side, adhering to the agreements reached within the framework of the humanitarian ceasefire, once again reiterates its readiness to hand over to the Azerbaijani side the bodies of Azerbaijani servicemen in the territory of Artsakh, and to start the process of recovery of bodies in the inter-positional zone throughout the entire Artshakh-Azerbaijan frontline of hostilities, as well as exchange of information on POWs and their respective handover in future,” the spokeswoman said.