ARMENIA REFUSING TO ACCEPT BODY OF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
Assa-Irada
July 21 2008
Azerbaijan
Armenia is refusing to accept the dead body of its intelligence
officer who was killed Saturday in an attempt by a group of the
arch-foe countrys spies to cross over to Azerbaijan through a village
in the frontline Tovuz district. The Armenian Defense Ministrys
spokesman Seyran Shahsuvarian claimed that the officer had crossed
over to Azerbaijan after losing his way and was allegedly shot dead by
Azerbaijani soldiers. The Azerbaijan Defense Ministry spokesman Eldar
Sabiroglu dismissed the statement as false, saying the Armenians were
attempting to enter the country for spying purposes. As for returning
the dead body to Armenia, Sabiroglu said the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) was dealing with the matter and work was under way
to arrange the transfer. A similar attempt by the Armenian intelligence
had been thwarted in the past months. Another group of spies was seized
by Azerbaijani law enforcers and is currently withheld in the country.