BAKU CLAIMS IT HOLDS ARMENIAN SPECIAL FORCES’ OFFICERS, YEREVAN OFFERS DIFFERENT VERSION

Interfax News Agency, Russia
April 29 2008

Azerbaijan law enforcement authorities have foiled a provocation
attempt in Azerbaijan by the Armenian Armed Force’s special unit,
Azeri ANS television channel said.

"As a result of a counter-operation all four Armenian Armed Force’s
special unit officers have been detained," the television channel
said on Monday.

Azerbaijan’s National Security and Interior Ministry was not
immediately available for comment.

For his part, Armenian Defense Minister Seiran Shakhsuvarian offered
another version of what happened.

"In fact, these are four Armenian nationals, Vanik Nikolayevich
Zmboyan, Artyom Andranikovich Zograbian, Karen Dzhivanovich Torosian,
Agasi Atomovich Yenokyan, who were on their way to a military town
near the village of Khachik to meet their colleague and friend. On
their way back they got lost and apparently, they found themselves
in the Nakhichevan area," Shakhsuvarian said

Currently, these men are being held by Azeri security forces, he
said. Their health condition is normal.

Armenia asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
office to arrange for the return of the Armenians through the Azeri
ICRC office, Shakhsuvarian said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress