ICRC REPRESENTATIVES MEET WITH ARMENIAN-CAPTURED AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER TWICE WITHIN A WEEK
Azeri Press Agency
Dec 12 2008
Azerbaijan
Baku. Kamala Guliyeva – APA. The representatives of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met with soldier of Azerbaijani Army
Rafig Rahman Hasanov captured by Armenian servicemen on October 8,
spokesperson for ICRC office in Azerbaijan Gulnaz Guliyeva told APA.
She said ICRC representatives had visited Hasanov six times. The
captured soldier’s family and government agencies have already been
informed of the meeting. Guliyeva said Rafig Hasanov had been visited
twice within a week. The letter written by the captive on December
9 was delivered to his family.
ICRC representative said Rafig Hasanov had also received his
family’s letter. As regards Hasanov’s handover, Guliyeva said ICRC
representatives were having negotiations. But the negotiations were
confidential.
Soldier of the military unit of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, Hasanov
Rafig Rahman, 19, was captured by Armenian servicemen on the line of
contact in Gazakh region on October 8, 2008.