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    Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
    Dec 2 2004

    783 Azerbaijanis in Armenian captivity


    Minister for National Security Eldar Mahmudov, also chairman of the
    State Commission on Prisoners, Hostages and Missing Persons, met with
    Mary Vernz, head of the Baku office of the International Committee of
    the Red Cross, and Jean Pour Carbon, the office's coordinator on
    defense affairs, on Wednesday.
    Mahmudov said that 1,357 Azerbaijani nationals were released from
    Armenian captivity from 1998 till 2004. However, according to some
    documents and witness testimonies, Armenia still holds 783
    Azerbaijanis in captivity.
    Mahmudov emphasized that 4,852 people have become missing as a result
    of Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan and stressed that the
    Azerbaijani President keeps in focus the future of the Azerbaijani
    citizens held in the Armenian captivity.*
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