AZERBAIJANI STATE COMMISSION CONFIRMS CAPTIVITY OF AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER BY ARMENIANS

Azeri Press Agency
March 12 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Mahbuba Gasimbayli-APA. "Azerbaijani soldier Yagub Allahverdi
Mukhtarov was captured by Armenian Armed Forces," Shahin Sayilov,
Secretary of State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and
Missing Persons told APA that the commission had taken measures on
the returning of captive to Azerbaijan.

International Committee of the Red Cross Azerbaijan Representation’s
Press Service told APA that they had information about it. State
Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons gave
information to ICRC about the captivity of Azerbaijani soldier. It
was stated that ICRC representatives would visit captive as usual
and his detention condition would be monitored.

"I cannot say about it concretely. I have not familiarized with the
situation absolutely. We can say concrete opinion after investigation,"
Eldar Sabiroglu, Spokesman for Defense Ministry told APA, while
commenting on Armenian mass media’s report about captivity of one
more Azerbaijan soldier by Armenian Armed Forces on March 9, 2008.

"Panarmenian" agency reported quoting Spokesperson for Armenian
Defense Ministry Seyran Shahsuvaryan that 20, Sheki resident Yagub
Allahverdi Mukhtarov, soldier of Azerbaijani Armed Forces was captured
by Armenian Armed Forces in Tovuz direction.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress