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    Trend, Azerbaijan
    July 21 2014


    ICRC to meet detained Azerbaijanis in occupied lands


    The Yerevan Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross
    (ICRC) is in talks to arrange a meeting with Azerbaijanis detained in
    the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, ArmInfo reported on July 21.

    The report cited the Communication Programs Correspondent of the ICRC
    Armenia Office, Zara Amatuni.

    Amatuni said the ICRC is working under its mandate, as well as within
    the Geneva Convention, and does its utmost to meet with detainees.

    In this context, Amatuni added that the ICRC mandate does not include
    a specific timeframe of this or that meeting, and it all depends on
    the concrete situation.

    Earlier, Armenian media reported that the Armenian forces, during an
    operation in the occupied Kalbajar District's Shaplar village, killed
    an Azerbaijani - Hasan Hasanov, and detained two other Azerbaijanis -
    Shahbaz Guliyev and Dilgam Asgarov. They also reported about the
    launching of criminal cases against the detained Azerbaijanis.

    Armenian media also reported that one Armenian officer was killed and
    his wife was wounded during the capture of Azerbaijanis.

    On July 15, the Azerbaijani State Commission on Prisoners of War,
    Hostages and Missing People said the fate of Azerbaijani citizens
    taken hostages in the Kalbajar District, is its priority.

    The ICRC Baku Office Communication Department's Head, Ilaha Huseynova
    told Trend on July 16 that the families of Azerbaijanis, taken hostage
    by Armenians in Kalbajar, officially appealed to the ICRC.

    She added that currently the ICRC continues talks with the parties on
    this matter.

    Previously, it was reported that Azerbaijan appealed to the ICRC to
    clarify the media reports on the hostage-taking of Azerbaijani
    citizens by the Armenian side. The appeal contained a request to carry
    out the necessary procedures in accordance with the ICRC's mandate, in
    case if the information is confirmed.

    Meanwhile, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry dismissed the Armenian media
    reports on affiliation of the mentioned persons to the country's armed
    forces.

    The ministry also stated that the occupied lands are the territories
    of sovereign Azerbaijan, and a ban cannot be imposed on free movement
    of Azerbaijanis in these territories.

    Despite the claims of the Armenian side, these individuals did not
    violate the state border, because the lands controlled by the illegal
    "fictitious" regime, are the Azerbaijani territories recognized by the
    UN, the ministry said.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

    As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
    20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
    seven surrounding districts.

    The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
    of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently
    holding 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.

    http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2296164.html



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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