COORDINATOR OF ITG FOR SEARCH OF THE MISSING, HOSTAGES AND POWS IN
THE ZONE OF KARABAKH CONFLICT ONCE MORE VISITS THE AZERBAIJANI POWS
KEPT IN STEPANAKERT
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 9. ARMINFO. Within the frameworks of the agreements
with NKR authorities, Coordinator of the International Task Group
for search of the missing, hostages and POWs in the zone of Karabakh
conflict Albert Voskanyan once more visited the Azerbaijani POWs kept
in Stepanakert – Khayal Abdullayev, Khikmet Tagiyev and Ruslan Bakirov.
In his interview to ARMINFO, Albert Voskanyan said that the POWs had
no complaints, they were in a good state and expressed desire to
return home. “It is my second visit. In conformity with my duties
of coordinator, I have informed the co-chairmen and other regional
coordinators of ITG of the visits,” Voskanyan said. It should be
noted that the NKR Defense Army took hostages the above soldiers of
the Azerbaijani army on 15 February 2005 in the northeastern section
of the contact-line of the Azerbaijani and Karabakh armed forces when
they were crossing the demarcation line.