NKR DEFENCE MINISTER: AT PRESENT THERE IS ONLY ONE ARMENIAN WAR PRISONER IN AZERBAIJAN

arminfo
2008-01-21 09:41:00

ArmInfo. Nagornyy Karabakh Republic keeps to strict arrangements
regarding immediate returning of Azerbaijani army servicemen that
came over the Karabakh party, the NKR Defence Minister Movses Hakopyan
told journalists, as ArmInfo correspondent reports from Stepanakert.

He also added that after the relevant work with war prisoners they
are returned to their native land via the Red Cross International
Committee. At the same time Hakopyan worries about the attitude towards
war prisoners in Baku. He also said that there few cases when the NKR
Defence Army servicemen come over the Azerbaijani party. At present
there is only one Armenian war prisoner in Azerbaijan, which came
over the enemy party having served in the army for a week, and today
he does not want to come back to his native land.

A criminal case was initiated against him.