AZERBAIJANI SIDE TO APPEAL TO ARMENIA AND ICRC FOR CAPTURED SOLDIER’S RELEASE

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 17 2007

State Committee for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons
will appeal to Armenia and International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC)
for release of soldier of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Samir Mammadov
who was captured by Armenia Armed Forces, secretary of the committee
Shahin Sayilov told the APA.

"In response to the appeals it was noted that Samir Mammadov does
not want to return to his motherland. But this time we will ask to
give the soldier back even if he does not want," he said.

Sayilov noted that they will raise this issue at the meeting with
administration of ICRC Azerbaijani office today.