AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Oct 4 2014
Armenian captive’s arrival to Yerevan show of special forces
3 October 2014, 17:35 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has said the Armenian media has spread
surprising and regrettable information with distorting the facts, as
well as leading to bewilderment in the Armenian community about the
handover of the Armenian captive.
Azerbaijan transferred Armenian serviceman Akop Injigulyan, who
illegally crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line, to a third
country in late August.
On October 3 that Injigulyan has repeatedly said he consciously and on
his own will left his fighting post with his weapon and after
surrounding by the Azerbaijani servicemen no pressure was made on him,
adding that he will never return back to Armenia and wants to leave in
a third country.
Injigulyan was kept in the manner and place according to the
requirements of the Geneva Convention and no actions in violation of
international and humanitarian laws have been applied to him, the
ministry said.
“Injigulyan was surrounded by the care of relevant international
organization and all the events that included him were held under
control of these organizations,” the source added.
The ministry stressed that despite Azerbaijan’s call on returning
Injigulyan and other five Armenian citizens, who are the members of
one family, to Armenia, each time military-political regime in Yerevan
demonstrated indifference to the fate of its citizens.
The ministry stressed that its well seen from his pictures published
on the Armenian media that he is healthy and such things should be
regarded as the next fiction of the Armenians.
The ministry also noted that despite the place of residence of the
Armenian captive was to be confidential and secret, the transfer of
this information to the Armenian side raises doubts.
The Armenian side, using the services of the Armenian diaspora, which
was in close connection with the criminal gangs, and putting pressure
on family members and people to Injigulyan, forced him to say that he
allegedly voluntarily returned to Yerevan, the defense ministry
stressed.
The ministry went on to emphasize that solemn ceremony held to meet
Injigulyan in the Armenian airport, his interview filled with hatred
towards Azerbaijan and love to Armenia, coverage of these processes in
the Armenian media and his will to return to the army and desire to
serve his term are the show prepared on the scenario of Armenian
special services.