ICRC representatives meet detained Azerbaijani citizen
By Sara Rajabova
The representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met with the Azerbaijani citizen detained by Armenians, the ICRC Yerevan Office said on September 6.
Earlier, Armenian media reported about the detention of Azerbaijani citizen Javid Mammadov on September 5 in Azerbaijan's occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region on the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry told Trend news agency that it had been informed on the detention of an Azerbaijani citizen by Armenian armed units.
The ICRC representatives also visited two Azerbaijani citizens detained by Armenian armed forces in the occupied Kalbajar region.
Three Azerbaijani civilians (Russian citizen Dilgam Asgarov, Azerbaijani citizens Shahbaz Guliyev and Hasan Hasanov) were detained by Armenian forces in early July while they were visiting the graves of their late relatives. ICRC Baku office earlier reported that Hasan Hasanov was buried in Nagorno-Karabakh after being killed by Armenian forces.
Previously, Armenian media reported that a criminal case was filed against the Azerbaijani hostages.
Armenia violated the international legal norms by taking hostage the Azerbaijani civilians as they didn't violate any border law between Armenia and Azerbaijan. They were on their own native Kalbajar region.
Azerbaijani State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People said releasing the Azerbaijani citizens is on the top of the list of its priorities.