ICRC REPRESENTATIVES VISIT THREE ARMENIAN SERVICEMEN HELD CAPTIVE IN AZERBAIJAN
APA
March 17 2009
Azerbaijan
Baku. Kamala Guliyeva – APA. On March 12 officers of Azerbaijani
representation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
visited three soldiers of Armenian army, who crossed the territory
controlled by Azerbaijani Armed Forces near the line of contact, in
Minakhorlu village of Agjabadi region on the night of February 27-28,
spokesperson for ICRC representation in Azerbaijan Gulnaz Guliyeva
told APA.
Guliyeva said ICRC representatives monitored the captives’ detention
conditions and had one-on-one meeting with each Armenian. As regards
the negotiations on handing over the captives, Guliyeva said such
kind of negotiations were carried out by ICRC confidentially.
Three soldiers of Armenian army – Grant Markosyan, Alik Tevosyan and
Artur Sarkisian crossed the part of the line of contact controlled by
Azerbaijani Armed Forces on the night of February 27-28. The Armenian
soldiers said they had done it because of the condition of the army
and lack of food.