ICRC TO INVESTIGATE SITUATION WITH REJECTION OF ARMENIAN-CAPTURED AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER TO RETURN TO AZERBAIJAN

Today.Az
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Dec 22 2008
Azerbaijan

Appeal was made to the Armenian delegation of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to investigate the reports that
soldier of Azerbaijani Army Rafig Rahman Hasanov captured by Armenian
servicemen on October 8 wants to stay in Armenia.

Spokesperson of ICRC delegation in Azerbaijan Gulnaz Guliyeva told APA
about it. Gulnaz Guliyeva refuted the reports that ICRC representative
was present when Rafig Hasanov said in his interview to an Armenian
channel that he did not want to return to Azerbaijan.

Novosti-Armenia reported that 19-year-old soldier Rafig Hasanov said
in his interview to an Armenian channel that he refused to return to
Azerbaijan. In his interview Hasanov reportedly said he had undergone
insult and humiliation in Azerbaijani Army.

"I could not bear it, so I shot at my leg and was treated in
hospital. But insulting actions continued," he said.

Soldier of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s military unit, Hasanov
Rafig Rahman, 19, was captured by Armenian servicemen on the line of
contact near Gazakh region on October 8, 2008.