Azerbaijani POW in Armenian captivity does not want to return to Azerbaijan

PanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesperson for the RA Defense Ministry David Karapetyan said that the only Azerbaijani POW, who is in Armenian captivity currently, is not psychologically ready to return to the motherland.

Karapetyan refrained from mentioning the POW's name.

Armenia, in its turn, expects the Armenian citizens, who are in Azerbaijani captivity, to be returned as soon as possible, Karapetyan told journalists.

According to official data, there are 11 Armenian citizens in Azerbaijani captivity – 6 servicemen and 5 civilians.

According to the March 5 agreement achieved by the Presidents of the Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijani Republic under the mediation of the President of the Russian Federation in Sochi, on March 17, at 2:58 pm of local time, in the section near the village of Bash Karvend of the border between the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and the Azerbaijani Republic, the Karabakh party, under the promotion of the ICRC Stepanakert and Yerevan Offices, passed sergeant of the Azerbaijani army Anar Hadjiev, taken prisoner in the NKR territory, to representatives of Azerbaijan.

Simultaneously, inhabitant of the village of Aghartsin of Armenia's Tavush provice Arthur Badalyan, 33, was transferred to the Armenian party.