ARMENIAN SPY’S BODY TRANSFERRED
AzerNews Weekly
Aug 6 2008
Azerbaijan
The dead body of an Armenian intelligence officer who was killed in
an attempt by a group of the arch-foe country`s spies to cross over
to Azerbaijan was transferred to Armenia on Tuesday.
The handover took place in the afternoon near a village of the
Gazakh district on the Azerbaijani border, over two weeks after the
incident. A group of Azeri and Armenian servicemen facilitated the
transfer, the Baku-based ANS TV channel said.
The Armenian spies had tired to infiltrate through the frontline
Tovuz district on July 19. Azeri soldiers prevented the attempt,
killing one of them, while the others managed to escape.
Armenia had been failing to accept the dead body of its serviceman,
22-year-old officer Gor Minasian. Its defense ministry`s spokesman
Seyran Shahsuvarian claimed that the officer had crossed over to
Azerbaijan after losing his way. The Azerbaijan Defense Ministry
dismissed the statement as false, saying the Armenians were attempting
to infiltrate for spying purposes.
In another development, four Armenian spies who were captured in April
after crossing over to Azerbaijan were repatriated to their home
country on Monday. The handover was carried out near Azerbaijan`s
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. According to the Azerbaijan Defense
Ministry, they had planned to stage subversions in the country at the
behest of the Armenian secret service. Yerevan claimed the detainees
were civilians.