EU ambassador: Footage of mistreatment of Azerbaijani serviceman regrettable

EU Ambassador to Azerbaijan Peter Michalko has said that all detainees must be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law.

“The video footage showing ill-treatment of an Azerbaijani serviceman is "very regrettable",” Michalko told Report.

Earlier, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on the international community to condemn the inhuman treatment of the Azerbaijani military.

In the same vein, the Azerbaijan State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People appealed to international organisations in connection with two missing servicemen of the Azerbaijani army.

The State Commission and other state organisations continue an investigation in connection with Azerbaijani servicemen 19-year-old Agshin Babirov and 20-year-old Huseyn Akhundov missing in Shahbuz district of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, bordering with Armenia, due to limited visibility as a result of adverse weather conditions.