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Azerbaijan and Armenia swapped one prisoner each
yerkir.am
16:14 - 17.03.2011
Azerbaijan and Armenia swapped one prisoner each on Thursday through
the mediation of the Red Cross.
Armenia returned Azerbaijani soldier Anar Hajiyev, who was captured on
10 May 2009.
Azerbaijan returned Armenia civilian Artur Badalyan, detained in
Gadabey District on 9 May 2009.
The exchange began at 14.00 in neutral territory between the
Armenian-occupied village of Bash Garvand and the villages of Tazakand
in Agdam District and Husanli in Tartar District, which remain under
Azerbaijani control.
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross,
members of Azerbaijan's State Commission for Prisoners of War,
Hostages and Missing Persons and military representatives were present
at the handover.
One Azerbaijani serviceman remains in prison in Armenia - Junior
Sergeant Roman Huseynov who was captured by Armenian armed forces on
27 August.
Eight Armenian citizens are held in Azerbaijan: three are soldiers who
have said they want to leave for a third country, rather than return
home, and five are members of one family who crossed the border
voluntarily.
Three Armenian soldiers - Grant Markosyan, Rafik Tevonyan and Vartan
Sargsyan - were recently sent from Azerbaijan to a third country
through UN mediation, it emerged today.
From: A. Papazian
yerkir.am
16:14 - 17.03.2011
Azerbaijan and Armenia swapped one prisoner each on Thursday through
the mediation of the Red Cross.
Armenia returned Azerbaijani soldier Anar Hajiyev, who was captured on
10 May 2009.
Azerbaijan returned Armenia civilian Artur Badalyan, detained in
Gadabey District on 9 May 2009.
The exchange began at 14.00 in neutral territory between the
Armenian-occupied village of Bash Garvand and the villages of Tazakand
in Agdam District and Husanli in Tartar District, which remain under
Azerbaijani control.
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross,
members of Azerbaijan's State Commission for Prisoners of War,
Hostages and Missing Persons and military representatives were present
at the handover.
One Azerbaijani serviceman remains in prison in Armenia - Junior
Sergeant Roman Huseynov who was captured by Armenian armed forces on
27 August.
Eight Armenian citizens are held in Azerbaijan: three are soldiers who
have said they want to leave for a third country, rather than return
home, and five are members of one family who crossed the border
voluntarily.
Three Armenian soldiers - Grant Markosyan, Rafik Tevonyan and Vartan
Sargsyan - were recently sent from Azerbaijan to a third country
through UN mediation, it emerged today.
From: A. Papazian