Trend, Azerbaijan
Jan 7 2010

Missing resident of Tovuz region captured by Armenian side: State Commission
07.01.2010 14:42

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 7 / Trend News M. Aliyev /

Resident of the Tovuz region missing on the Armenian-Azerbaijani
contact line was captured by the Armenian side, the Azerbaijani State
Commission on Hostages, POWs and Missing People told Trend News.

"According to the information, resident of the Alibayli village in the
Tovuz region Tagiyev Eldar Heydar oglu was captured," the message
said.

The Azerbaijani State Commission on Hostages, POWs and Missing People
together with the international organizations take actions to release
and return him to Azerbaijan.

Tagiyev Eldar Heydar oglu (born in 1964) went missing Dec. 28., 2009.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. – are
currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. General Assembly’s
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the
occupied territories.