Azerbaijan hands over three captives to Armenia through Red Cross

Azerbaijan hands over three captives to Armenia through Red Cross

Arminfo
17 Aug 06

Yerevan, 17 August: Today three Armenians (all civilians), who were
in captivity in Azerbaijan, were returned to Armenia through the
mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

The handover took place between the Armenian town of Idzhevan and
Azerbaijani town of Qazax, the press service of the ICRC told Arminfo.

The ICRC, which implemented its neural mediation mission at the request
of the Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities, assisted in repatriation
of prisoners only after delegates of the ICRC visited them and found
out that the prisoners were returning to their homes voluntarily.

To recap, there is no information who are they and how they were
taken hostage.

The ICRC has mediated in the return of 659 people since the beginning
of its mission in the zone of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict in
1992. The organization is ready to further help with similar mission
in future too.