Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Feb 22 2005

Health condition of 3 Azeri captives normal

Baku, February 21, AssA-Irada
Health condition of three Azerbaijani soldiers, who lost their way
close to Hasangaya village of Terter District and passed to the
Armenian side of the frontline on February 15, is normal, the ANS TV
quoted head of the mission of the International Committee of the Red
Cross in Khankandi, who recently visited the captives, as saying.
Talks on releasing the Azerbaijani soldiers – Hikmat Taghiyev, Khayal
Abdullayev and Ruslan Bakirov – from captivity are underway, a source
from the Ministry of Defence told AssA-Irada.*