DEFENSE MINISTRY: ARMENIAN SOLDIERS WHO PASSED TO AZERBAIJANI TERRITORY VOLUNTARILY, SPOKE OF THE INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS IN THEIR ARMY

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June 3 2009
Azerbaijan

"During interrogation two soldiers of the Armenian armed forces Ogan
Harutyunyan and Gevorg Tomosyan expressed intention to be transferred
to a third country", said representative of the Ministry of Defense
of Azerbaijan Teymur Abdullayev.

According to T. Abdullayev, they spoke of the unbearable conditions
in the Armenian army, the poor relationship between the soldiers,
low quality food, served to soldiers.

"They said that there are unbearable situation in their army, so they
decided to go voluntarily to the territory of Azerbaijan. According
to them, other Armenian soldiers who passed to Azerbaijani territory
before did it for the same reason – as a sign of protest against
unbearable conditions in the Armenian army.

They are still being interrogated, and it is unclear what their
destiny will be. As only three days have passed since their passing
to our territory, it is now early to speak of whether they will be
transferred to a third country or no", announced Abdullayev.