The ICRC visits Azerbaijani citizen who got lost and crossed Armenian side
  • KARABAKH AND EASTERN ZANGAZUR

  • 11:48 19 March 2019

The ICRC visits Azerbaijani citizen who got lost and crossed Armenian side

On 18 March, representatives of the ICRC Delegation in Armenia visited the Azerbaijani national detained by the Armenian authorities on 16 March, Ilaha Huseynova, head of the Public Relations Department of the ICRC Azerbaijan Office told ONA news agency.

She noted that the visit was conducted in line with the ICRC standard procedures: "According to its mandate, the ICRC visits the detainees to monitor detention condition, treatment, as well as to create opportunity to contact with their families."

Note that a resident of Yukhari Salahli village of Gazakh region, Ibrahimov Elvin Arif oglu, born 29.10.1986, at the night of March 15-16, loosing his way crossed the border from Gazakh region to Armenia's Noyemberyan region.

E. Ibrahimov was wounded by Armenian soldiers while crossing the border. Relevant international organizations confirmed the fact that Ibrahimov was wounded and detained by Armenian servicemen and said that there was no danger for his life.

During the preliminary investigation conducted by the State Commission it was revealed that E. Ibrahimov was registered in Gazakh district mental hospital.

The State Commission appealed to relevant international organizations to release E. Ibrahimov.

 

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