ISSUE AZERBAIJANI SOLDIERS’ CAPTIVITY TO BE RAISED AT PACE
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
April 5 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend I.Alizade / MP Elmira Akhundova, an
Azerbaijani parliamentary representative to the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE), on 4 April in Baku raised the issue of
captivity of an Azerbaijani soldier by Armenia. Further investigation
into espionage will be considered at the PACE spring session in April.
MP Akhundova announced that the PACE session will discuss espionage
activities and the conduct of fair court hearings on the case. "This
issue is of paramount importance for Azerbaijan, because Armenia has
always been involved in espionage in order to act against Azerbaijan.
Over the past 2 years Armenia took Azerbaijani POWs and brainwashed
them so that they would perform espionage activities against
Azerbaijan on the behalf of Armenia. After some time they are sent
back to Azerbaijan so that they will perform acts of sabotage against
their country."
She noted that some people under the Armenians’ influence carried
out terrorist attacks in Azerbaijan in 1990s.
The MP stressed that PACE members should be informed of these facts
and therefore, the issue will be raised at the session.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
