PARENTS OF AZERI SOLDIER HANDED OVER TO THE THIRD COUNTRY FROM ARMENIAN CAPTIVITY APPEAL TO UN

Azeri Press Agency
Feb 14 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Mahbuba Gasimbayli-APA. The family of Azerbaijani soldier Samir
Mammadov, who was captured by Armenian armed forces and handed over
to the third country, appealed to UNHCR office in Azerbaijan, Samir
Mammadov’s father Nazim Mammadov told APA.

He said they asked to inform them about their son.

Samir Mammadov was handed over to the third country on January 31.

The Azerbaijani soldier was reportedly granted refugee status after
he was handed over to the third country.

Samir Mammadov was captured by Armenian armed forces in Azerbaijani
Gazakh region on December 24 in 2006.