June 28, 2007 - 16:25 AMT
Prosecutor in Baku demands to sentence soldier who passed to Karabakh to14 years' imprisonment
A trial came to end in Azerbaijan towards a soldier who is accused of high treason. On Thursday the prosecutor demanded a 14-year-imprisonment sentence for private Eldaniz Nuriev in the Court for War Crimes of Azerbaijan under the chairmanship of Judge Mamedbagir Zeynalov. The court session finished with response speeches by the culprit and his lawyer. The court is expected to run its verdict on June 29.

Eldaniz Nuriev is accused of violating sentry rules, desertion and high treason. According to the indictment, "the soldier who was recruited to the army by the commissariat of Agsu region of Azerbaijan, without permission left the N military unit in Fizuli region of Azerbaijan, where he was passing his military service. Soon he was taken prisoner by Armenians. According to the indictment, E. Nuriev passed the enemy information, which is state secret in the military sphere of Azerbaijan.", Trend reports

But in reality private of Azeri army Eldaniz Nuriev born in 1979, passed the Karabakh side in the night of December 31, 2006 in the Fizuli direction of the contact line between armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Soon he was taken prisoner by servicemen of NKR Defense Army. Later he was returned to the Azeri side.