AZERBAIJANI HOSTAGE SOLDIER RELEASED
On 23 December 2006, the serviceman, previously detained in the occupied territories of Nagorno Karabakh, was handed over to the Azerbaijani authorities under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The operation took place on the contact line of troops. The ICRC, participating as an intermediary and in accordance with its mandate, facilitated the transfer of the released serviceman at the request and with the full cooperation of all sides.
The State Commission on work with POWs, hostages and missing persons states that the Commission does everything related to destiny of the missing 4561 citizens of Azerbaijan, while some mass media and the so-called “experts” disseminate untruthful information misleading the public on the happenings. The Commission re-states that the accurate data in connection to the POWs, hostages and missing persons is kept in archive of the Commission’s Working Group and is ready for cooperation with media.
It is noteworthy that since the start of its activities in connection with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the ICRC has helped in release of 660 persons.
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