November 14, 2007 - 15:17 AMT
RA Defense Ministry: Armenian armed forces did not take prisoner
"Armenian armed forces did not take prisoner or hostage," RA Defense Minister's Spokesman Seyran Shahsuvaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

"Resident of Shihly-2 village of Ghazakh region, Masim Elhan oglu Binnatov crossed the Armenian-Azeri border on his own free will," he said. "Our department doesn't deal with civilians, who cross the border. But I do repeat that the Armenian forces did not take any prisoner."

Earlier, APA reported that Resident of Shihly-2 village of Ghazakh region, Masim Elhan oglu Binnatov, 33, was taken prisoner by the Armenian forces."