March 9, 2005 - 07:45 AMT
COORDINATOR OF INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP FOR SEARCH OF MISSING VISITED AZERI WAR PRISONERS KEPT IN STEPANAKERT
Within the frames of the agreements concluded with the Nagorno Karabakh leadership coordinator of the working group for the search of the missing, hostages and liberation of prisoners of war in the Karabakh conflict zone Albert Voskanian visited Azeri prisoners of war Khayal Abdullayev, Hikmet Tagiyev and Ruslan Bakirov kept in Stepanakert. A. Voskanian noted that he inquired about the psychological and health state of the war prisoners, the amount and quality of food they receive and so on. "There were no complaints from their side. They look well and wish to return home. It is my second attendance of the war prisoners. In accord with my responsibilities I made the co-chairs and other regional coordinators aware of the visit", Albert Voskanian said. To remind, the Azeri army soldiers were taken prisoners by the Karabakh defense army when trying to cross the contact line on February 15.