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US deeply concerned about Armenian captive's death
11:12, 16 August, 2014
YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, ARMENPRESS. The U.S. State Department issued a
statement on the death of the Armenian citizen Karen A.Petrosyan, who
was taken captive and killed in Azerbaijan. As reports "Armenpress",
the U.S. State Department particularly stated that the United States
is deeply concerned about the death of Karen Petrosyan, which,
according to a number of allegations, was not due to natural causes
and was recorded, when he was under
the Azerbaijani control.
Among other things, it was stated: "The U.S. offers sincere
condolences to Mr. Petrosyan's family. We call on the Azerbaijani
government to conduct a full and transparent investigation of this
incident and publish the results.
We remind the Governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia of their
obligations under international humanitarian law, especially their
obligation to treat humanely all those taken into custody. We call on
both Armenia and Azerbaijan to grant the International Committee of
the Red Cross access to all detainees and internees held for
conflict-related reasons,"
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/772802/us-deeply-concerned-about-armenian-captive%E2%80%99s-death.html
11:12, 16 August, 2014
YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, ARMENPRESS. The U.S. State Department issued a
statement on the death of the Armenian citizen Karen A.Petrosyan, who
was taken captive and killed in Azerbaijan. As reports "Armenpress",
the U.S. State Department particularly stated that the United States
is deeply concerned about the death of Karen Petrosyan, which,
according to a number of allegations, was not due to natural causes
and was recorded, when he was under
the Azerbaijani control.
Among other things, it was stated: "The U.S. offers sincere
condolences to Mr. Petrosyan's family. We call on the Azerbaijani
government to conduct a full and transparent investigation of this
incident and publish the results.
We remind the Governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia of their
obligations under international humanitarian law, especially their
obligation to treat humanely all those taken into custody. We call on
both Armenia and Azerbaijan to grant the International Committee of
the Red Cross access to all detainees and internees held for
conflict-related reasons,"
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/772802/us-deeply-concerned-about-armenian-captive%E2%80%99s-death.html