NKR STATE COMMISSION FOR POWS AND THE MISSING STATES ABOUT DETENTION
OF THREE AZERBAIJANI MILITARIES BY KARABAKH ARMED FORCES

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21. ARMINFO. The NKR State Commission for POWs and
the Missing states about detention of three Azerbaijani militaries by
Karabakh armed forces.

According to the statement, on 15 February 2005 in the Northeastern
section of the contact-line of NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces, NKR
Defense Army officers detained Azerbaijani militaries Khayal
Abdullayev (1986), Khikmet Tagiyev (1983) and Ruslan Bakirov (1985).

The commission has informed of it the ICRC and OSCE Offices in NKR
within the framework of international commitments. The relevant bodies
of the country carry out investigation to find out the circumstances
and the reasons of the transition of the Azerbaijani militaries to the
positions of NKR Defense Army. ICRC representatives are allowed by
the country’s authorities to visit the Azerbaijani POWs free.