AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER IN ARMENIAN CAPTIVITY WANTS TO RETURN HOME

Today.Az
Dec 12 2008
Azerbaijan

18:25

The contents of Armenian-captured Azerbaijani soldier Rafig Hasanov’s
letter have been publicized.

Parents of captive told APA Karabakh bureau that the letter was written
in Russian. Hasanov wrote: "My best regards to my father, sister,
brothers, their wives, uncles and all residents of the settlement! Do
not worry about me! I thought much and decided to return back to my
motherland and my mother. Wait a little. We will meet soon", said in
a letter.

The captive’s mother has also sent a letter to her son.

"Rafig, I am waiting for you impatiently. Today is your birthday. We
congratulate you on your birthday and wait for your arrival", the
letter records.

Representative of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
wrote on behalf of the captive, because Hasanov cannot write or
read. Representatives of ICRC Office in Armenia visited Hasanov twice
this week.

15:41

On December 9 representatives of the International Committee of the
Red Cross held a meeting with Azerbaijani soldier Rafig Hasanov,
held in Armenian captivity, said spokesman for ICRC Azerbaijan office
Gulnaz Guliyeva.

She said the soldier wrote a letter home.

"During the meeting the representatives of the committed checked the
detainment conditions of the soldier. The letter he wrote will be
delivered to his parents", noted Guliyeva.

Soldier of N military unit of the Defense ministry of Azerbaijan Rafig
Hasanov (born in 1989) was captured by Armenians on the contact line
in the direction of the Gazakh region on October 8 of this year.