BAKU: Azerbaijani Soldier Captured By Armenians Asks International O

AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER CAPTURED BY ARMENIANS ASKS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR HELP

Azeri Press Agency
March 17 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Mahbube Gasimbeyli -APA. Parents of Azerbaijani soldier Yaqub
Allahverdi oglu Mukhtarov, captured by the Armenians several days ago,
have sent him a letter, Ulduz Mukhtarova, captive’s mother told APA.

She said they had submitted letter to the International Red Cross
Committee Azerbaijan Office in Baku. The captive’s mother said they had
met with IRCC’s representative in Baku and was informed that their son
expressed his intentions to return home, when he was meeting with IRCC
Armenian representation. "Yaqub said that he lost his way because of
foggy weather. He asked to help him return to Azerbaijan. They said
at the Committee that they were working in this direction".

U. Mukhtarova said they had also met with the Secretary of State
Commission for Captives, Missing and Hostages Shahin Sayilov.

Yaqub Allahverdi oglu Mukhtarov, Azerbaijani soldier born in Sheki
in 1988 was captured in the direction of Tovuz Region.