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ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY INVITES ICRC OFFICIALS TO MEET WITH AZERI POW
Interfax, Russia
August 15, 2013 Thursday 7:49 PM MSK
YEREVAN. Aug 15
Azeri POW Firuz Faradzhev, who is currently held in Armenia, has
expressed a wish to return to Azerbaijan, Armenian First Deputy Defense
Minister David Tonoyan said while meeting with Dragana Rankovic,
a delegate of the International Committee of the red Cross.
"He [Firuz Faradzhev] has also asked for a meeting with representatives
of the international humanitarian missions operating in Armenia. The
Defense Ministry invited the ICRC to meet with Faradzhev. The ICRC
took note of the information," the Defense Ministry press service
told Interfax on Thursday.
During a meeting in Yerevan on Thursday, Tonoyan and Rankovic also
discussed the return to Armenia of Armenian POW Akop Indzhigulyan,
who found himself in Azerbaijan on August 8.
"Dragana Rankovic informed the Armenian first deputy defense minister
that the Baku office of the ICRC has expressed confidence that the
date of the meeting with POW Akop Indzhigulyan will de determined in
the near future," the ministry said.
Interfax, Russia
August 15, 2013 Thursday 7:49 PM MSK
YEREVAN. Aug 15
Azeri POW Firuz Faradzhev, who is currently held in Armenia, has
expressed a wish to return to Azerbaijan, Armenian First Deputy Defense
Minister David Tonoyan said while meeting with Dragana Rankovic,
a delegate of the International Committee of the red Cross.
"He [Firuz Faradzhev] has also asked for a meeting with representatives
of the international humanitarian missions operating in Armenia. The
Defense Ministry invited the ICRC to meet with Faradzhev. The ICRC
took note of the information," the Defense Ministry press service
told Interfax on Thursday.
During a meeting in Yerevan on Thursday, Tonoyan and Rankovic also
discussed the return to Armenia of Armenian POW Akop Indzhigulyan,
who found himself in Azerbaijan on August 8.
"Dragana Rankovic informed the Armenian first deputy defense minister
that the Baku office of the ICRC has expressed confidence that the
date of the meeting with POW Akop Indzhigulyan will de determined in
the near future," the ministry said.