Armenian citizen taken captive in AzerbaijanJuly 15, 2020 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A 29-year-old resident of Armenia, Narek Sardaryan, who went missing several days ago, was featured in a video published by Azerbaijan's Naxcivantv on Wednesday, July 15. The head of the village where Sardaryan lives told PanARMENIAN.Net that Sardaryan took the cattle to graze and did not return several days ago. He said the villagers have been looking for him ever since he went missing. The media report claims that Sardaryan has crossed the border to Azerbaijan voluntarily, but this is not the first time that people living in border villages get lost and end up in Azerbaijani territory, with local media and authorities claiming they have crossed the border voluntarily. PanARMENIAN.Net has been trying to reach out to the Armenian office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (OCRC) for comment. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |