Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) has neither confirmed nor denied reports circulating in Azerbaijani media that an Azerbaijani shepherd found in Tavush Province has been returned to his country. The NSS advised Aysor.am to submit its inquiry in writing.

Azerbaijani media outlets have reported that the individual who crossed the border has been returned to Azerbaijan.

As previously reported, the NSS confirmed today that an Azerbaijani citizen had entered Armenian territory after getting lost. According to the NSS statement, on October 19, 2026, at approximately 17:50, Yashar Ali Oglu Kasimov, born in 1968 and a resident of Chatakh village in Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district, was found in Tavush Province.

Verification measures established that he had entered Armenian territory after getting lost. The NSS stated that appropriate steps were being taken to facilitate his return to Azerbaijan.