The relatives of 70-year-old Vera Aghasyan, who died in occupied Stepanakert on October 20, are going to apply to the International Committee of the Red Cross to bury her body in Armenia. Today, on October 25, the 32-year-old daughter of Vera Aghasyan told NEWS.am about this, stating that Vera Aghasyan has 4 children, but they did not manage to convince her to bring her to Armenia.
"My mother lived in the village. During the war, I moved to Armenia with my three minor children, I did not know that my mother stayed there. Then I constantly convinced him to come to Armenia, but he did not want to. My mother had mental health issues.
I also appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross several times, but they said that they cannot bring my mother by force if she does not want to. I haven't been able to talk to my mother in the last six months. I didn't even know that he was sick. I learned about the death a few days ago.
I am preparing to appeal to the International Committee of the Red Cross so that my mother's body can be brought to Armenia and we can bury it here," said Vera Aghasyan's daughter. Zara Amatuni, head of communication programs of the ICRC delegation in Armenia, said that the organization is in contact with the relatives of the deceased and is ready to assist in further steps. implementation, which the family will need and which will be agreed with the authorities. The cause of death of a 70-year-old woman was identified as acute cardiopulmonary failure, which developed as a result of pulmonary artery thrombosis.
