ICRC representatives visit Armenian-captured Azerbaijani citizens

Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Khankendi and Armenia visited soldier of Azerbaijani army Anar Khanbala Hajiyev, who is in captivity in Armenia and resident of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz region Eldar Tagiyev who was taken hostage by the Armenian militants under unknown conditions.

She said ICRC representatives held private meetings with both captured persons, talked to them and observed their detention conditions and received their letters to their families.

The letters were already delivered to their addresses.

Hajiyev's mother Naila Mammadova said she received the letter on Wednesday.

Her son asked them not to worry about him and sent greetings to his relatives, said Mammadova.

Anar Khanbala Hajiyev, 20, drafted by Goranboy regional military commissariat, was captured by the Armenian armed forces on May 10, 2009. He was captured near Azerbaijan’s region of Fuzuli.

Resident of Alibeyli village of Tovuz region Tagiyev Eldar Heydar, 47 was taken hostage by the Armenian militants on Dec. 28, 2009 near the contact line in direction of Alibayli village.

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