Armenian general says release of Azeri captive up to security agency
Arminfo
22 Aug 05
YEREVAN
The situation on the contact line between the Armenian and Azerbaijani
armed forces is currently quiet, the chief of the General Staff and
first deputy defence minister of Armenia, Col-Gen Mikael Arutyunyan,
has told our Arminfo correspondent.
He said there are no abrupt changes on the border. “There are
sometimes minor misunderstandings, but everything is mostly stable,”
Arutyunyan said.
Asked about a captive Azerbaijani warrant officer, Arutyunyan said
Ramil Xudaverdiyev [rendered by Azeri sources as Ramin Xudaverdiyev]
had lost his way and ended up in an area under Armenian control. Asked
when the captive would be handed over to the Azerbaijani side,
Arutyunyan noted that this depends on the Armenian National Security
Service. “He is of no value for us,” he noted.
Xudaverdiyev was taken captive on 3 August 2005.