Diplomats are no data on shot down in 1987, in Afghanistan the Soviet pilot
NEW DELHI, June 6 — RIA Novosti. The Russian Embassy in Pakistan has no data residing on the territory of the Russian veterans of the Afghan war, including shot down in 1987, the pilot, who, presumably, was recently found alive, said in a statement the Embassy of the Russian Federation.
On Friday, the head of the Union of paratroopers of Russia, hero of the Soviet Union Colonel-General Valery Vostrotin told RIA Novosti that the Soviet military pilot, was shot down in Afghanistan in 1987 and who was still missing, alive. According to Deputy head of the veteran organization “Battle brotherhood” Vyacheslav Kalinin, the pilot wants to go home. Source RIA Novosti suggested that he may be in Pakistan where all the camps for Soviet prisoners of war.
“The Embassy has no data about how many Russian veterans of the Afghan war is currently residing in Pakistan. With a wish to return one of them to the Embassy was not addressed for many years”, — is told in the message placed at the disposal of RIA Novosti.
The Embassy noted that, as of today, no one appealed to the Russian Embassy with a request to search for the pilot. “This appeal requires us to officially start the procedure. Meanwhile, without accurate data about the name and military rank of the pilot and the specific circumstances of the incident with him, to make a substantive request to the competent Pakistani authorities is not possible”, — explained in the Embassy of the Russian Federation.
Thus in the message it is noted that “given the fact that a former pilot could be in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area, Russia’s honorary Consul in Peshawar Arsala Khan was instructed to study the matter on the available channels.”