Nagorno Karabakh passes hostage to Azerbaijan
2008-05-05 14:23:00
ArmInfo. NKR Authorities unilaterally passed an Azerbaijani soldier
Vusal Eibatov Shirsultan oghli born in 1989 in Azerbaijan to the
Azerbaijani party as a display of good will and devotion of Geneva
Conventions and under the auspices of the International Committee of
the Red Cross.
ArmInfo special correspondent to Stepanakert reports, the NKR State
Commission for Captives and Missing reports that the hostage was passed
at 2:25 local time on May 3 in the area of Aghdam region on the
contact-line of NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces.
The Azerbaijani serviceman was detained by servicemen of the NKR
Defense Army on April 11, 2008, near Yusifjanly village of Aghdam
region when бrossing the border.
The NKR State Commission for Captives and the Missing informed the OSCE
and ICRC offices in Nagorno Karabakh of the incident. OSCE and ICRC
representatives had visited the hostage for several times and contacted
his relatives.