ICRC NOT ACCEPT LETTER OF ARMENIAN-CAPTURED SOLDIER’S PARENTS

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
July 3 2007

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Barda Office
refused to receive the letter by parents of Armenian-captured
Azerbaijani soldier Samir Mammadov, the captured soldier’s uncle
Vidadi Mammadov told the APA.

He said that though they wrote the letter yesterday, ICRC refused to
accept it. ICRC Azerbaijani representation’s press service asserted
the information.

The representation said that refusal of the letter is related to
Mammadov’s wish. Mammadov was captured by Armenians on December 24,
2006 and he wrote the letter to his parents on March 9 for the last
time. His parents also wrote him letter on May 19, but it was sent
back. ICRC representatives said that Mammadov did not want to receive
any letter.