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    FOREIGN MINISTRY HANDLES CASE OF ARMENIAN SOLDIERS CROSSING TO AZERBAIJAN: MINISTER

    Trend
    March 20 2009
    Azerbaijan

    The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is reviewing the case of three
    Armenian soldiers who entered Azerbaijan and refused to return home,
    Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel General Safar Abiyev said on
    March 20.

    "We appealed to the Foreign Ministry regarding the issue. It is now
    in their jurisdiction," Abiyev said.

    Armenian soldiers crossed into Azerbaijan in Evciduzu in the Agdam
    region at noon on Feb. 28.

    The soldiers crossed the contact line in Agdam voluntarily.

    The detained soldiers are Grant Markosyan, Artur Varteryan and Alik
    Tevosyan.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
    lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December
    1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7
    districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed
    a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia,
    France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
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