ICRC REPRESENTATIVES MEET WITH ARMENIANS DETAINED IN NAKHCHIVAN FOR THE SECOND TIME

Azeri Press Agency
June 30 2008
Azerbaijan

Mahbuba Gasimbayli-APA. Representatives of International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) in Azerbaijan met with Armenian citizens detained
in Nakhchivan Vanik Zmboyan, Artyom Zohrabyan, Karen Torosyan and
Agasi Enokyan.

Press Service of ICRC Office in Azerbaijan told APA that this was the
second meeting with Armenian citizens. Their detention conditions and
state were monitored. The Armenians wrote letter to their families
and the letters of the families were given to them.

Vanik Zmboyan, Artyom Zohrabyan, Karen Torosyan and Agasi Enokyan
were detained in Nakhchivan on Azerbaijan-Armenian border. They are
members of the military group composed of special officers of Armenian
armed forces. The Armenian citizens confessed that they had planned
subversion in Azerbaijan. They are at the disposal of Defense Ministry,
their actions are being investigated.