BAKU: Armenia Responds To Red Cross Society On Azerbaijan’s Request

ARMENIA RESPONDS TO RED CROSS SOCIETY ON AZERBAIJAN’S REQUEST ON RETURN BODY OF DECEASED SERVICEMAN

Trend
July 15 2010
Azerbaijan

Armenia sent a response to the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) in Yerevan on Azerbaijan’s request on return of body of
deceased Azerbaijani serviceman, the ICRC Baku office told Trend.

The Armenian armed forces opened fire on Azerbaijani soldiers June 19.

Four Armenian military men were killed and four were wounded in the
crossfire. Azerbaijani soldier Mubariz Ibrahimov was killed. His body
remained in neutral territory.

“Only the Azerbaijani sate officials and Ibrahimov’s family
familiarized with the content of message,” the source reported.

Azerbaijani Defence Ministry Spokesman, Colonel-Lieutenant Eldar
Sabiroglu said the ministry believes the ICRC will continue its
mission until the final result. Otherwise it could become the basis
for a new precedent in the future, and the responsibility will lie
on the Armenian side, he said.

“The ICRC’s initiative fails yet. Armenia makes up that Ibrahimov’s
body is neither in Armenia nor in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh,”
Sabiroglu said.

The body of the Azerbaijani dead soldier must be returned soon,
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in today’s news
conference.

From: A. Papazian