YEREVAN, APRIL 11, ARMENPRESS. Names of the 18 killed soldiers, who were transferred to the Armenian side, will be released after identification; “Armenpress” was informed by the Nagorno Karabakh President’s Press Secretary Davit Babayan. “Currently we are conducting identification of the corpses, after all this is a very delicate process. After finishing it we will release the names”, David Babayan said.

Press Secretary of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army Senor Hasratyan informed “Armenpress” that during the transfer of corpses on April 10 near the Bash Karvend settlement, 13 bodies were transferred to the Azerbaijani side, including those of the helicopter pilots. “13 corpses were in our territory, however there are many bodies of the adversary near the line of contact. Search operation will resume today, the Armenian side still has one missing soldier”, Senor Hasratyan said.

18 corpses were transferred to the Armenian side near the Bash Karvendi settlement. Earlier 19 soldiers were reported to be missing. The faith of 1 soldier still remains unknown.

During the morning of April 2 Azerbaijan carried out large scale military attacks along the entire line of contact of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan carried out artillery strikes on both Armenian positions and civilian settlements. The attacks continued throughout April 5 12:00, when a ceasefire agreement was reached during the meeting of the Chiefs of General Staff of Armed Forces of both sides in Moscow.