Today, Azerbaijan
May 5 2005
Yuri Merzlyakov says of Azerbaijani captives to be released soon
04 May 2005 [17:24] – Today.Az
“Three Azerbaijani soldiers captivated by Armenia will be released
soon”.
Russian co-chairman of OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov informed APA
of it in his exclusive report to APA.
He stated that he quoted personal representative of OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Anjei Kasprishik.
Y.Merzlyakov touched on interesting point in his report. According to
him, one Armenian is in captive in Azerbaijani side. Stating that the
problem of freeing the captives will be solved complexly, co-chairman
said that one Armenian and three captivated Azerbaijani soldiers are
expected to be released at the same time.
However, Azerbaijani side didn’t agree with Russian co-chairman’s
opinions concerning the captivation of one Armenian soldier by
Armenia. APA was informed from State Commission on Captivated, Missed
and Hostage Citizens, they don’t keep any captive at all, and the
matter should be investigated with the Defense Minister. Head of
press service of Defense Ministry, Ramiz Malikov informed APA that,
he has no information about it .R.Malikov said that Azerbaijani
soldiers have been in captive of Armenia for 2 months 18 days, and
he expresses his regret that Russian co-chairman justifies Armenian
side.
APA was informed from International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC)
representation in Baku, Armenian side applied ICRC about a year ago
stating that Armenian soldiers crossed the territory of Azerbaijan
and asked aid for releasing him:” International Committee of Red
Cross(ICRC) representation in Baku sent letter to relevant
structures of Azerbaijan. But Azerbaijani side didn’t confirm the
existence of such fact”.
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