Baku: Armenian-Captured Azeri Being Identified

ARMENIAN-CAPTURED AZERI BEING IDENTIFIED

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
July 2 2007

One more Azerbaijani was captured by Armenians on June 30 in Aghdam,
APA reports quoting Panarmenian agency. The military men of so-called
Nagorno Karabakh Republic said that he had no documents.

The so-called Nagorno Karabakh Republic State committee on Prisoners
of War, Hostages and Missing Persons said that the captive did not
answer any questions and introduced himself as Samandar Guliyev. He
said he was born in 1972 in Shusha and inhabited in the village of
Uchoglan of Aghdam region.

The related organizations are carrying out investigations. Karabakh
representations of OSCE and International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) were informed of the fact.

APA’s Karabakh bureau found out that Samandar Guliyev (patronymic
Rasul, born in 1964) was registered in Aghdam and died in the battles
for Suma-Gulluja village on February 3, 1994. Aghdam executive power
reports that no one called Samandar Guliyev (patronymic Namaz) was
found. Investigations are beign carried out on the fact.

Officer of ICRC Azerbaijani office Gulnaz Guliyeva told the APA that
the committee was informed of the captured Azerbaijani citizen.

She said the committee representatives have not yet met with the
captured. APA could not contact Azerbaijani State committee on
Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons. /APA/