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ICRC MEMBERS VISIT ARMENIANS HELD IN AZERBAIJAN
Trend
Oct 3 2011
Azerbaijan
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
visited three Armenian soldiers and five civilian family members who
are being held in captivity in Azerbaijan.
The ICRC Baku Office told Trend on Monday that ICRC representatives
will deliver three verbal messages obtained from the prisoners of war.
Azerbaijan transferred Armenian citizen Arthur Badalian to Armenia
in the Agdam region on March 17. In turn, soldier Anar Hajiyev was
taken to the Azerbaijani side.
Previously, Azerbaijan transferred three Armenian soldiers to the
third party at their behest.
Working under the Geneva Convention, the ICRC has been operating in
the region since 1992 in connection with the Nagorny Karabakh conflict.
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.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend
Oct 3 2011
Azerbaijan
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
visited three Armenian soldiers and five civilian family members who
are being held in captivity in Azerbaijan.
The ICRC Baku Office told Trend on Monday that ICRC representatives
will deliver three verbal messages obtained from the prisoners of war.
Azerbaijan transferred Armenian citizen Arthur Badalian to Armenia
in the Agdam region on March 17. In turn, soldier Anar Hajiyev was
taken to the Azerbaijani side.
Previously, Azerbaijan transferred three Armenian soldiers to the
third party at their behest.
Working under the Geneva Convention, the ICRC has been operating in
the region since 1992 in connection with the Nagorny Karabakh conflict.
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.
From: Baghdasarian