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AZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA: CIVILIAN INTERNEES REPATRIATED UNDER ICRC AUSPICES
ICRC (Red Cross) Switzerland
March 20 2013
Geneva (ICRC) - Two Armenian civilians interned in Azerbaijan returned
to Armenia today under the auspices of the International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC). .
The man and the woman were placed in the care of Armenian officials
on the road between the Azerbaijani town of Gazakh and the Armenian
town of Ijevan, at the international border.
ICRC delegates had visited the civilians prior to their repatriation
in order to assess their treatment and conditions of internment.
Acting as a neutral intermediary and in accordance with its mandate,
the ICRC facilitated this repatriation in conjunction with the
Azerbaijani and Armenian authorities. The internees had previously
confirmed to ICRC delegates that both were returning of their own
free will.
On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC
has been working in the area since 1992 in connection with the Nagorny
Karabakh conflict.
For further information, please contact: Ilaha Huseynova, ICRC Baku,
tel: +99450 316 00 24 Ashot Astabatsyan, ICRC Yerevan, tel: +37410
297 415 David-Pierre Marquet, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 25 02 or
+41 79 536 92 48
http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2013/03-20-azerbaijan-armenia-repatriation.htm
ICRC (Red Cross) Switzerland
March 20 2013
Geneva (ICRC) - Two Armenian civilians interned in Azerbaijan returned
to Armenia today under the auspices of the International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC). .
The man and the woman were placed in the care of Armenian officials
on the road between the Azerbaijani town of Gazakh and the Armenian
town of Ijevan, at the international border.
ICRC delegates had visited the civilians prior to their repatriation
in order to assess their treatment and conditions of internment.
Acting as a neutral intermediary and in accordance with its mandate,
the ICRC facilitated this repatriation in conjunction with the
Azerbaijani and Armenian authorities. The internees had previously
confirmed to ICRC delegates that both were returning of their own
free will.
On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC
has been working in the area since 1992 in connection with the Nagorny
Karabakh conflict.
For further information, please contact: Ilaha Huseynova, ICRC Baku,
tel: +99450 316 00 24 Ashot Astabatsyan, ICRC Yerevan, tel: +37410
297 415 David-Pierre Marquet, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 25 02 or
+41 79 536 92 48
http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2013/03-20-azerbaijan-armenia-repatriation.htm