The war graves agreement between Azerbaijan and Germany was signed on December 22, 1995 and came into force on March 11, 1997.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan was named as a partner of the VDK. The Volksbund began its work in the Middle Eastern state in 1996.
According to archive documents, there were 13 prisoner-of-war cemeteries in Azerbaijan, nine of which have already been completed. The others have not yet been found.
In 2007, maintenance and renovation work was carried out at all the gravesites.