Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 17
Trend:
The Baku Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has met with the Armenian citizen Henrik Agetsyan, who was detained while crossing into Azerbaijan.
An opportunity was created to transfer information about the detained to his family, in addition, information from Henrik’s family was transferred to him, ICRC Baku Office's Public Relations Department head Ilaha Huseynova told Trend Aug. 17.
Azerbaijani servicemen detained Armenian citizen Henrik Agetsyan Aug. 7 when he tried to cross into Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
The State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons of Azerbaijan notified the ICRC about the incident.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.