Armenian Civilians Transferred Under ICRC Auspices

ARMENIAN CIVILIANS TRANSFERRED UNDER ICRC AUSPICES

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – Switzerland
Reuters AlertNet, UK
Aug. 17, 2006

Geneva (ICRC) – On 17 August three Armenian civilians were handed over
to the Armenian authorities under the auspices of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The operation took place on the road
between the Azerbaijani town of Gazakh and the Armenian town of Ijevan.

The ICRC, participating as a neutral intermediary, facilitated the
transfer at the request of the Azerbaijani and Armenian authorities
after ICRC delegates had met the civilians and verified that they
had accepted the handover of their own free will.

Since the start of its activities in connection with the Nagorny
Karabakh conflict in 1992, the ICRC has helped repatriate or transfer
659 people, and the organization will support any similar operation
in the future should the need arise.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS