CAPTURED AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER’S PARENTS APPEAL TO PRESIDENT FOR TAKING THEIR SON BACK
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 4 2007
The parents of Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammadov, captured by Armenian
Armed Forces ask President Ilham Aliyev to help take their son back,
the soldier’s mother Tarana Mammadova told the APA.
"We ask the president to help us take back our son. Samir is not
only our son, he is an Azerbaijani. Though we can not meet with the
president, we ask him to help us to take our son back. I believe that
Samir will return and serve his motherland honorably," she said.
The soldier’s mother refuted the reports that her son was captured
voluntarily.
"I feel very bad when I hear these reports. I would not be so shocked
if Samir had died. My son will never betray his motherland. We do
not believe Armenian agitation. Samir is a patriot. His wish was to
be servicemen and serve his country," she said.
The soldier’s father Nazim Mammadov told the APA that they last got
a letter from Samir on March 12. The parents say that Samir is kept
in Keptron detention place in Yerevan.
The soldier’s parents and his uncle Vidadi Mammadov today met with
chief of Hesret Yolu Public Union Esmira Orujova. They intend to meet
with ombudsman and State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages
and Missing Persons.
Samir Mammadov was captured on December 24.