BAKU: Red Cross Approved Reports On Detention Of Azerbaijani Citizen

RED CROSS APPROVED REPORTS ON DETENTION OF AZERBAIJANI CITIZEN BY ARMENIA
Trend corr. E.Huseyinov

Azerbaijan, Baku
On 3 August

International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative visited the
Azerbaijani citizen being detained by Armenians, who was imprisoned on
2 August in the north-east direction of the contact line of Armenian
and Azerbaijani troops while he was passing to the Nagorno-Karabakh
side.

The representative of the Red Cross reported that the physical and
psychological state of the prisoner was examined. The results of the
examination have not yet been announced. The Committee stated that the
Azerbaijani Authorities has been informed about the results of visit.

The Committee noted that they also visited the other Azerbaijani man
being kept in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Armenian media has reported that twenty-three year old Aliyev
Anar Arifoglu, a resident of the Tartar region of Azerbaijan was
arrested on 2 August at the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani
troops. Earlier the Armenians detained twenty-nine year old Ashraf
Jafarov.