FOUR CITIZENS OF REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA HANDED OVER TO ARMENIAN SIDE
Noyan Tapan
Au g 4, 2008
YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The Azeri side handed over 4 citizens
of the Republic of Armenia: Vanik Zmboyan (Gavar), Artyom Zohrabian
(Noraduz), Karen Torosian (Noraduz) and Aghas Yenokian (Noraduz)
to representatives of Armenia at Yeraskhavan-Sadarak section of the
Armenian-Azeri border at noon of August 4.
To recap, the above mentioned persons were among 12 persons who started
a scuffle in April in the military district located in the village
of Khachik in order to strengthen the position of their friend,
a serviceman, in his military unit. After the battalion commander
fired a warning shot to calm them down, they took to flight in panic
and found themselves in the territory of Nakhichevan. A criminal case
was opened in connection with this event on the same day.
NT was informed by the RA ministry of defence that the indicated men
were handed over to the Armenian side thanks to efforts of the working
group of the RA Commission on Issues of Captives, Hostages and Missing
Persons, and with the assistance of the Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzei Kasprzyk.