BAKU REQUESTED OSCE MG TO ASSIST IN RETURN OF AZERI POWs

Pan Armenian News
02.05.2005 07:23

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The international group on search of POWs and
missing and release of hostages broke out negotiations with the Nagorno
Karabakh authorities on the release of three Azeri POWs captured by the
Karabakh defense army. According to group coordinator Avez Gasanov,
the group appealed to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to assist the
resolution of the issue. The mediators promised to attend to the
problem, Gasanov noted. “Now we are awaiting the outcomes of the
negotiations between the mediators and the Karabakh leadership. To
remind, the three Azeri soldiers were captured by the officers of
the Karabakh defense army when crossing the border on February 15.