ARMENIAN-CAPTURED SOLDIER REFUSES HIS PARENTS’ LETTER

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 6 2007

Armenian-captured Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammadov returned his
parents’ letter of his own will, his uncle Vidadi Mammadov told
the APA.

Mammadov said that ICRC office in Barda gave this explanation of the
returning of the letter.

"They said that they sent the letter back as Samir refused to
receive it. But his family members do not believe in his behavior,"
he explained.

ICRC representatives in Armenia last met with the captured Azerbaijani
soldier on May 31. Mammadov was captured on December 24, 2006.