NKR Ready To Pass Ashraf Jafarov To The Azeri Side

NKR READY TO PASS ASHRAF JAFAROV TO THE AZERI SIDE

armradio.am
18.09.2007 13:13

The authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic have expressed
willingness to pass to the Azeri side the citizen of Azerbaijan who
was arrested when crossing to the territories under NKR control.

Let us remind that 22-year-old Ashraf Jafarov, a resident of the
Uchoghlan village in Aghdam region, was arrested on June 30 in the
direction of Aghdam of the contact lien of the Armed Forces of Nagorno
Karabakh and Azerbaijan.

Jafarov had no identification documents and introduced himself as
Samandar Guliyev.

Taking into consideration the health condition of Ashraf Jafarov,
NKr President Bako Sahakyan has decided to pass him to the Azerbaijani
side as an expression of goodwill.

"The NKR authorities hope that the Azerbaijani leadership will also
demonstrate goodwill and will release our two compatriots," said
Viktor Kocharyan, The Chairman of the NKR Commission for Captives of
War and Missing.