Armenia to send 50 fallen soldiers' remains to the Netherlands for DNA testing
The Armenian government on Thursday approved a draft decision to provide more than 31 million drams to the Ministry of Health for DNA analysis of the remains of soldiers killed in the 2020 war in Artsakh.
The ministry will send 50 samples of tissues to the Netherlands for DNA testing to identify the fallen soldiers.
"There are still complex, damaged and modified bone tissues which cannot be subjected to DNA extraction for human identification. Therefore, it is necessary to send another 50 bone tissue samples to the Netherlands,” the draft decision said.
An additional $75,000 will be needed to extract DNA from the damaged bone tissues and to reveal their complete genetic profile, it added.
According to the latest data, 3,825 Armenian servicemen were killed in the 44-day war.