Armenia confirms capture of Azeri officer

Regnum, Moscow
19 Aug 05

[No dateline as received] The Armenian side has taken captive
Azerbaijani warrant officer Ramil Xudaverdiyev, the press secretary
of the Armenian Defence Ministry, Col Seyran Shakhsuvaryan, has told
Regnum news agency.

Shakhsuvaryan said that Azerbaijani sources reported earlier that an
Azerbaijani soldier had been taken captive, which is not true. He
clarified that according to verified information, the Azerbaijani
warrant officer was really taken captive about two weeks ago.

Azerbaijani sources said that the captive is held in a remand
centre in Yerevan. His health and the conditions in which he is
held are satisfactory. Representatives of the Yerevan office of the
International Committee of the Red Cross are permitted to visit and
register him.

[The Armenian news agency Arminfo on 18 August quoted Shakhsuvaryan as
denying Azerbaijani reports that Xudaverdiyev had been taken captive.]

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress