AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTRY CONFIRMS TWO SOLDIERS OF ARMENIAN ARMY CROSSED TO AZERBAIJAN

APA
June 1 2009
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. Azerbaijani Defense Ministry made an official statement
on crossing of two soldiers of Armenian Army to Azerbaijan.

Spokesman for Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-Colonel Eldar Sabiroglu
told APA that the soldiers of military unit #38862 at the disposal of
Armenian Defense Ministry Arutunyan Ohan Varinakovich and Tomasyan
Gevork Serjikovich surrendered to the servicemen in Goranboy region
of Azerbaijan at 13.00 on May 31, 2009. They are held in the relevant
military unit of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. Sabiroglu said the
soldiers linked it to the tortures they underwent in Karabakh.

"They said they could not bear the tortures and were obliged to cross
the line of contact," he said.

Spokesman said both of the soldiers were citizens of Armenia.

"Arutunyan Ohan was born in Martuni region of Armenia, Tomasyan Gevork
in Nairi region. Both were born in 1991," he said.