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    Interfax News Agency, Russia
    May 4 2008


    Azeri soldier detained at border in April released from Stepanakert

    STEPANAKERT May 4


    The authorities of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic released
    19-year-old Azeri soldier Vyusal Eibatov last Saturday.

    The Azeri soldier was released near the village of Bash-Karvend on the
    Agdam line of contact between the Azeri and Nagorno-Karabakh forces in
    the presence of representatives from the International Committee of
    the Red Cross (ICRC), the Nagorno-Karabakh Commission for war
    prisoners and missing persons told Interfax.

    The decision by Karabakh leaders to release the Azeri soldier "is
    another proof of good will and commitment to the principles of the
    Geneva Convention," the commission said.

    Eibatov was detained by Karabakh forces near the village of
    Yusifjangly in Agdam district on April 11, 2008, as he was traveling
    over the Karabakh territory. The OSCE (Organization for Security and
    Cooperation in Europe) and ICRC offices in Nagorno-Karabakh were
    notified of what happened.

    During Eibatov's stay in Nagorno-Karabakh officials from the ICRC
    office in Stepanakert were allowed free access to the prisoner. They
    visited him several times and maintained correspondence with his
    relatives in Azerbaijan.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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