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AZERBAIJAN HANDS OVER ARMENIAN FAMILY
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Dec 12 2014
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijan has handed over an Armenian family who had illegally
crossed into Azerbaijani territory on January10, 2010.
The family was handed over to the Armenian side on the border in the
village of Bala Jafarli of Azerbaijan's Gazakh region on December
12 on the basis of their appeal to voluntarily return to Armenia,
the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People
of Azerbaijan.
The process was carried out by the State Commission on Prisoners
of War, Hostages and Missing People of Azerbaijan and the country's
Defense Ministry with the mediation of the International Committee
of the Red Cross.
Armenian family-Yegishe Gevorgyan (born 1958) and his wife Ruzanna
Mardanyan (born 1982) with their three children - Alfred (born 2002),
Gayane (born 2003) and Petros (born 2006) - voluntarily crossed the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border by car to move to a third country in 2010.
Risking his own life and the lives of his family members, Gevorgyan
crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani border by a car in the direction
of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic under the intense fire by Armenian
armed forces. Gevorgyan and his wife refused to return to Armenia and
sent a written appeal to the Azerbaijani government asking to send
them to a third country. The family said they had to leave Armenia
due to unbearable living conditions.
Under the procedure, the appeal was submitted to the UNHCR
Representation in Azerbaijan which started the works on determining
the country where they could be sent as refugees.
Almost five years passed since then but no country agreed to accept
them, so the family decided to return to Armenia.
During the period of their stay in Azerbaijan, the Armenian family
was under the tutelage of the ICRC. The ICRC and the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees constantly confirmed that
the family's living conditions in Azerbaijan meet all international
humanitarian legal norms. The members of the Armenian family were
constantly passing medical examination.
Nevertheless, Gevorgyan behaved emotionally in most cases putting
forward various demands, making 'complaints' during the visits
of representatives of international organizations and repeatedly
threatening to commit suicide, holding hunger strike and so on. By
behaving this way, he attempted to put pressure on the corresponding
international bodies to send him and his family to a third country.
During this family's stay in Azerbaijan, Armenia had never raised
the issue about their return and didn't inquire after the fate of
Gevorgyan's young children.
Azerbaijan transferred several Armenians who illegally crossed the
borders to the third country or their own country. This comes as
Armenia still refuses to return the Azerbaijani hostages.
Armenian special forces killed Azerbaijani citizen Hasan Hasanov
and took hostage Shahbaz Guliyev and Dilgam Asgarov in the Shaplar
village of the occupied Kelbajar region on July 11. The civilians
were visiting the graves of their relatives. The Armenians have put
on trial on October 27 the two Azerbaijanis, who were captured in
their native lands by the Armenian separatists.
Despite repeated calls by international organizations and foreign
countries on Armenia to return the captives back to their country,
it refused to do so.
Representatives of the ICRC recently visited Azerbaijani hostages
illegally detained in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region. During
the visit, there was an exchange of messages via ICRC, the Armenian
media reported.
The bloody war, which flared up in the late 1980s due to Armenia's
territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor, left without
home over a million of civilians of Nagorno-Karabakh and the regions
adjoining it, as well as the regions bordering with Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
From: A. Papazian
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Dec 12 2014
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijan has handed over an Armenian family who had illegally
crossed into Azerbaijani territory on January10, 2010.
The family was handed over to the Armenian side on the border in the
village of Bala Jafarli of Azerbaijan's Gazakh region on December
12 on the basis of their appeal to voluntarily return to Armenia,
the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People
of Azerbaijan.
The process was carried out by the State Commission on Prisoners
of War, Hostages and Missing People of Azerbaijan and the country's
Defense Ministry with the mediation of the International Committee
of the Red Cross.
Armenian family-Yegishe Gevorgyan (born 1958) and his wife Ruzanna
Mardanyan (born 1982) with their three children - Alfred (born 2002),
Gayane (born 2003) and Petros (born 2006) - voluntarily crossed the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border by car to move to a third country in 2010.
Risking his own life and the lives of his family members, Gevorgyan
crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani border by a car in the direction
of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic under the intense fire by Armenian
armed forces. Gevorgyan and his wife refused to return to Armenia and
sent a written appeal to the Azerbaijani government asking to send
them to a third country. The family said they had to leave Armenia
due to unbearable living conditions.
Under the procedure, the appeal was submitted to the UNHCR
Representation in Azerbaijan which started the works on determining
the country where they could be sent as refugees.
Almost five years passed since then but no country agreed to accept
them, so the family decided to return to Armenia.
During the period of their stay in Azerbaijan, the Armenian family
was under the tutelage of the ICRC. The ICRC and the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees constantly confirmed that
the family's living conditions in Azerbaijan meet all international
humanitarian legal norms. The members of the Armenian family were
constantly passing medical examination.
Nevertheless, Gevorgyan behaved emotionally in most cases putting
forward various demands, making 'complaints' during the visits
of representatives of international organizations and repeatedly
threatening to commit suicide, holding hunger strike and so on. By
behaving this way, he attempted to put pressure on the corresponding
international bodies to send him and his family to a third country.
During this family's stay in Azerbaijan, Armenia had never raised
the issue about their return and didn't inquire after the fate of
Gevorgyan's young children.
Azerbaijan transferred several Armenians who illegally crossed the
borders to the third country or their own country. This comes as
Armenia still refuses to return the Azerbaijani hostages.
Armenian special forces killed Azerbaijani citizen Hasan Hasanov
and took hostage Shahbaz Guliyev and Dilgam Asgarov in the Shaplar
village of the occupied Kelbajar region on July 11. The civilians
were visiting the graves of their relatives. The Armenians have put
on trial on October 27 the two Azerbaijanis, who were captured in
their native lands by the Armenian separatists.
Despite repeated calls by international organizations and foreign
countries on Armenia to return the captives back to their country,
it refused to do so.
Representatives of the ICRC recently visited Azerbaijani hostages
illegally detained in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region. During
the visit, there was an exchange of messages via ICRC, the Armenian
media reported.
The bloody war, which flared up in the late 1980s due to Armenia's
territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor, left without
home over a million of civilians of Nagorno-Karabakh and the regions
adjoining it, as well as the regions bordering with Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
From: A. Papazian