ICRC visits Nagorno-Karabakh man kidnapped by Azerbaijan during medical evacuation

 17:42, 7 August 2023

YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, ARMENPRESS. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have visited Vagif Khachatryan, the 68-year-old Nagorno-Karabakh resident who was kidnapped by Azeri border guards during his ICRC-facilitated medical evacuation to Armenia on July 29.

“Our delegates again visited Vagif Khachatryan, who is arrested by Azerbaijan, on August 5 in Baku,” ICRC Armenia communications manager Zara Amatuni told ARMENPRESS, adding that Khachatryan has contacted his family through a letter. Citing confidentiality, Amatuni did not disclose other information.

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