Georgian Azerbaijanis detained by Armenian frontier guards released

No demands were offered for the release. No penalty was imposed on them.

Officer of Azerbaijani embassy to Georgia Elkhan Polukhov told APA that the Azerbaijanis have been released after the interference of Georgian Foreign Affairs Ministry, Frontier Service and Ombudsman.

Armenian side warned that Georgian Azerbaijanis will not be released if the action is repeated.

Mehman Asgerov and Kamandar Mustafayev were detained in the Armenian region of Noyemberian on February 7 while cutting tree. Huseyn Mammedov was detained in the disputed zone between Armenia and Georgia in the border of Noyemberyan and Marneuli on February 10.
 
Armenian frontier guards tried to detain two Azerbaijanis gathering brushwood in the disputed zone February 10 as well.

Husband and wife were lucky to have a mobile phone about them and they contacted the village immediately.

Marneuli region administration and police chief interfered with the case and didn’t let Armenians arrest the couple.