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Armenian border guards detained three Azerbaijanis on border with Georgia and took to Armenia

06 August 2011 09:55 (UTC +04:00)

Marneuli. Nizami Mammadzadeh â€“ APA. An incident occurred on Georgia-Armenia border. APAâ€™s Georgia bureau reports that Armenian border guards detained three Azerbaijani residents of Tezekend village and took to Armenia. Nazakat Ashigova, the resident of the village, student of the Georgian language and literature faculty of the University named after Heydar Aliyev, told APA that Tezekend village is 3-4 km far from Armenia.
â€œThe residents of our village were detained by Armenian border guards while swimming in the Debed river that takes its source from Armenian mountains. The border guards detained 18-year-old Kamil Naibov, Ramin Najafov and his friend Elshan and took to Armenia. Their parents and residents of the village went to Sadakhli police office. After the long talks with the Armenian border guards they young persons were released,â€ she said.

This is not the only fact when Armenian border guards detained residents of Tezekend and took to Armenia. Nazakat Ashigova said such incidents happened several times.
â€œThe border guards often detain the residents of our village and then release them. Almost every day the children of the village swim in that river together with Armenian children. Later, border guard detain our compatriots under the pretext of the violation of border,â€ she said.