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ICRC visits Azerbaijani soldiers captured by Armenia

24 October 2023 16:40 (UTC +04:00)

In October, representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Azerbaijanis detained in Armenia, the Head of the Public Relations Department of the ICRC office in Baku Ilaha Huseynova, told APA.

She noted that private meetings were held with the captured persons and conditions were created for them to establish contact with their families: "According to its mandate, during such visits, the ICRC assesses the treatment of detainees and conditions of detention and helps to ensure that the detained individuals can restore or maintain contact with their families. As per the ICRC’s procedures, the observations and recommendations related to its visits are only shared with the detaining authorities.."

Note that soldiers of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Babirov Agshin Gabil (born in 2004) and Akhundov Huseyn Ahliman (born in 2003) went missing due to limited visibility because of the poor weather conditions in the border area of Shahbuz district of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic with Armenia were captured by Armenia. Agshin Babirov and Huseyn Akhundov are accused of "illegally crossing the state border of Armenia and carrying firearms and ammunition in advance with a group of people, they were detained. Huseyn Akhundov is accused of "murdering the guard of Zangazur copper-molybdenum combine".