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AZERBAIJAN RETURNS ARMENIAN CAPTIVE
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 6 2014
6 May 2014, 14:41 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijan transferred the Armenian citizen, who was detained on the
frontline, to the opposite side.
Armenian citizen Mayelyan Vagif Rubenovich was returned to Armenia on
May 6 near the Azerbaijan-Armenia border in Bash Garvand village of
Aghdam region, the Azerbaijani State Commission on Prisoners of War,
Hostages and Missing Persons said.
Rubenovich was taken prisoner on April 20, 2014 in Abdurrahmanli
village, of Fuzuli region.
The process was carried out by the Defense Ministry and Azerbaijani
State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons
through the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Earlier, Azerbaijan delivered Armenian citizen Arsen Khojayan born
1991, who was taken prisoner on March 7, 2014 in Tovuz region of
Azerbaijan.
For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in
conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its
South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory,
including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.
A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 1994, but long-standing
efforts by the U.S., Russian and French mediators have been largely
fruitless so far.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on its pullout from the neighboring country's territories.
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 6 2014
6 May 2014, 14:41 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijan transferred the Armenian citizen, who was detained on the
frontline, to the opposite side.
Armenian citizen Mayelyan Vagif Rubenovich was returned to Armenia on
May 6 near the Azerbaijan-Armenia border in Bash Garvand village of
Aghdam region, the Azerbaijani State Commission on Prisoners of War,
Hostages and Missing Persons said.
Rubenovich was taken prisoner on April 20, 2014 in Abdurrahmanli
village, of Fuzuli region.
The process was carried out by the Defense Ministry and Azerbaijani
State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons
through the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Earlier, Azerbaijan delivered Armenian citizen Arsen Khojayan born
1991, who was taken prisoner on March 7, 2014 in Tovuz region of
Azerbaijan.
For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in
conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its
South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory,
including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.
A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 1994, but long-standing
efforts by the U.S., Russian and French mediators have been largely
fruitless so far.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on its pullout from the neighboring country's territories.