ICRC Representatives visited an Armenian detainee in Azerbaijan

ARMINFO News Agency
September 23, 2005

REPRESENTATIVES OF ICRC VISITED AN ARMENIAN DETAINEE IN AZERBAIJAN

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 23. ARMINFO. The representatives of the
International Committee of Red Cross visited an Armenian detainee in
Azerbaijan. According to the ICRC report, the detainee is not a
citizen of RA, although the country of his citizenship isn’t revealed
yet.

According to Azerbaijani mass media, Albert P. Abramian, an Armenian,
65, was detained on September 20 in a forest near the village of
Cilagir. Admittedly, he entered Azerbaijan crossing the Russian-
Azerbaijani border. As the Azerbaijani Minister for Internal Affairs,
Ramil Usubov reported, Albert Abramian came to Azerbaijan to visit
his brother. Another Azerbaijani official, Emin Sekinski, suggested
that Mr. Abramian suffers from a mental disorder and added that he
crossed the border illegally. -A–