Armenian serviceman attempting to pass front line in Terter detained

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
March 17 2006

[ 17 Mar. 2006 19:15 ]

The military men of Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry detained an Armenian
military man Saakyan Vardan Martikovich, who passed the front line
in Hasangaya village of Azerbaijani region of Terter, near contact
line of troops on 3 February, this year.

The investigation found out that Saakyan Vardan was born in Uits
village of Sisian region, Armenia, on June 25, 1986, and he is
Armenian citizen.

Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Prisoners of War, Hostages and
Missing Persons informed APA that Saakyan was drafted to Armenian
Army under a contract and sent to Azerbaijan’s occupied province of
Nagorno Garabagh for military service.

The international organizations (the International Committee of the
Red Cross, the International Working Group to Search for the Missing,
Hostages and Prisoners of War) have been informed about Saakyan./APA/