AUTHORITIES OF NAGORNO KARABAKH EXPRESS WILLINGNESS TO GIVE UP
AZERBAIJAN CAPTIVE IF OFFICIAL BAKU WISHES
YEREVAN, August 10 (Noyan Tapan). Dweller of Baku Anad Mamedov, a
21-year-old Azeri serviceman, was taken captive by the Nagorno
Karabakh Armed Forces in connection with the violation of the border
on August 6. According to the press service of the NKR Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the NKR authorities reported about it to the ICRC
Stepanakert Office, as well as to the OSCE. Now the republican legal
bodies undertake corresponding measures for the specification of the
reasons and purposes of the violation of the border by the captive.
According to the same source, the NKR authorities gave the
representative of the ICRC Office in Stepanakert an opportunity to
visit the Azerbaijani military prisoner, at the same time expressing
willingness to give him up, if official Baku wishes.