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Armenia hands over Azerbaijani prisoner of war

07 April 2010 [12:00] - TODAY.AZ
The Armenian side handed over Azerbaijan prisoner of war Rafiq Hasanov on April 7.
It happened in the Sadarak region of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic at 12:00 a.m., the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People of Azerbaijan spokesman Shahin Sailov said.

Rafiq Hasanov was detained in October 2008 in the direction of the village Kemerli of Azerbaijani Gazakh region.

Besides Rafiq Hasanov, the Armenian side detains soldier Anar Hajiyev, taken prisoner in May 2009 in the direction of Fuzuli region of Azerbaijan. The Armenian side holds another hostage - Eldar Tagiyev. He was detained in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan in December 2009.

The Azerbaijani side got bodies of Azerbaijani citizens killed by Armenian armed forces on Saturday, on April 3, at 12:00 a.m. in the Sadarak region of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.


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