Azerbaijani soldier held in captivity unwilling to return to his country
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November 30, 2012 | 14:43
YEREVAN.- An Azerbaijani serviceman who crossed the border with
Armenia in summer does not want to return to his country, spokesperson
for Armenia’s defense ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.
`Armenian side holds in captivity Firuz Faragov who served in the
Azerbaijani armed forces for 4 months. He expressed willingness to be
transferred to the third state,’ Hovhannisyan said after the ceremony
of handing over Azerbaijani civilian Telman Aliyev to his country.
Firuz Faragov crossed a state border with Armenia in the north-east
direction of the line of contact on the night of July 26 and
surrendered himself.
From: Baghdasarian
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