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ICRC FACILITATES HANDOVER OF AZERBAIJANI CITIZEN
International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC
Sept 11 2014
News release
11 September 2014
Geneva (ICRC) - An Azerbaijani citizen who crossed the Line of Contact
on 5 September 2014 was handed over to the Azerbaijani government today
in an operation carried out under the auspices of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The handover took place at the Line
of Contact near the village of Bash Garvand in the Aghdam district
of Azerbaijan.
When ICRC delegates visited the person prior to his transfer to
assess the conditions in which he was being held and the treatment he
received, he confirmed to them that he was returning of his own will.
Representatives of the ICRC were also in contact with his family.
On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC
has been working in the region since 1992 in connection with the
Nagorny Karabakh conflict.
For further information, please contact:
Ilaha Huseynova, ICRC Baku, tel: +99450 316 00 24 Anastasia Isyuk, ICRC
Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 30 23 or +41 79 251 93 02 Eteri Musayelyan,
ICRC mission in NK tel: +374 47 943740
https://www.icrc.org/en/icrc-facilitates-handover-zerbaijani-citizen#.VBIE08YcTIU
International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC
Sept 11 2014
News release
11 September 2014
Geneva (ICRC) - An Azerbaijani citizen who crossed the Line of Contact
on 5 September 2014 was handed over to the Azerbaijani government today
in an operation carried out under the auspices of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The handover took place at the Line
of Contact near the village of Bash Garvand in the Aghdam district
of Azerbaijan.
When ICRC delegates visited the person prior to his transfer to
assess the conditions in which he was being held and the treatment he
received, he confirmed to them that he was returning of his own will.
Representatives of the ICRC were also in contact with his family.
On the basis of its mandate under the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC
has been working in the region since 1992 in connection with the
Nagorny Karabakh conflict.
For further information, please contact:
Ilaha Huseynova, ICRC Baku, tel: +99450 316 00 24 Anastasia Isyuk, ICRC
Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 30 23 or +41 79 251 93 02 Eteri Musayelyan,
ICRC mission in NK tel: +374 47 943740
https://www.icrc.org/en/icrc-facilitates-handover-zerbaijani-citizen#.VBIE08YcTIU