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ICRC MEMBERS VISIT ARMENIANS KEPT IN AZERBAIJAN
Trend
Nov 23 2011
Azerbaijan
23 November 2011, 15:05 (GMT+04:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov.23 / Trend
E.Mehdiyev /
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
visited three Armenian POWs and five members of one family kept in
captivity in Azerbaijan on Nov.22.
The ICRC Baku Office told Trend that the POWs sent letters to their
families.
There are three Armenian POWs and five members of one family in
Azerbaijan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend
Nov 23 2011
Azerbaijan
23 November 2011, 15:05 (GMT+04:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov.23 / Trend
E.Mehdiyev /
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
visited three Armenian POWs and five members of one family kept in
captivity in Azerbaijan on Nov.22.
The ICRC Baku Office told Trend that the POWs sent letters to their
families.
There are three Armenian POWs and five members of one family in
Azerbaijan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.