Six people that were caught by border guards on Tuesday when trying to cross the Armenian-Azerbaijani border are citizens of Bangladesh, acting Minister of defense Vigen Sargsyan told reporters today at a press conference.
“The members of the group that was attempting to illegally cross the Armenian-Azerbaijani state borders are citizens of Bangladesh. The border guards handed them over to the National Security Service,” the acting minister added.
Reports about the detention of six foreigners were released yesterday by the spokesperson of the defense ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan.
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