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NO COUNTRY AGREES TO ACCEPT ARMENIAN POWS IN AZERBAIJAN
Trend
Oct 3 2011
Azerbaijan
The Armenian POWs and five civilians, members of one family, have not
agreed to return to Armenia since the first day of their capture and
expressed a desire to be transferred to a third country, a competent
source told Trend on Monday.
The captives' appeals were submitted to the UN High Commissioner for
Refugees, the source said.
Although an appeal was sent to several countries to accept Armenian
citizens in captivity, these countries refused, but work is still
being conducted in this direction, the source said.
At present, three Armenian soldiers and five civilian family members
are being kept in captivity in Azerbaijan.
Previously, Azerbaijan transferred three Armenian soldiers to another
country at their behest.
Armenia transferred Azerbaijani POW Roman Huseynov to a third country
in late September.
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 7 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
Oct 3 2011
Azerbaijan
The Armenian POWs and five civilians, members of one family, have not
agreed to return to Armenia since the first day of their capture and
expressed a desire to be transferred to a third country, a competent
source told Trend on Monday.
The captives' appeals were submitted to the UN High Commissioner for
Refugees, the source said.
Although an appeal was sent to several countries to accept Armenian
citizens in captivity, these countries refused, but work is still
being conducted in this direction, the source said.
At present, three Armenian soldiers and five civilian family members
are being kept in captivity in Azerbaijan.
Previously, Azerbaijan transferred three Armenian soldiers to another
country at their behest.
Armenia transferred Azerbaijani POW Roman Huseynov to a third country
in late September.
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 7 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.