Azerbaijan, Barda / Trend corr. S.Jaliloglu / Azerbaijani citizen, Ashraf Mahabbatoglu Jafarov who was arrested by Armenians was released, Trend Agency's regional correspondent reported on 21 September. The prisoner was transported to the Azerbaijan contact line in Tazakand village of Agdam region of Azerbaijan.
Jafarov was taken prisoner on the contact line on 1 July. The Armenians said the Azerbaijani prisoner would be released by efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross's officials, who confirmed the information.
The International Red Cross has rendered assistance to release 662 people during the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh since 1992.