  ICRC representatives meet with Armenian captives in Azerbaijan  October 14, 2010 - 17:57 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRD) met with Armenian captives kept in Azerbaijan. Spokeswoman for the ICRC Office in Baku Ilaha Huseynova said that on October 13 ICRC representatives visited six Armenian POWs and an Armenian family in Azerbaijan. The ICRC representatives inquired about confinement conditions and physical state of the captives, APA reported. Currently, six Armenian POWs and five civilians are kept in Azerbaijan. Armenia’s citizens Yeghishe, Ruzanna, Alfred, Gayane and Petros Gevorgyans are members of one family, they were captured in January 2010. Three captives - Hrant Markosyan, Alik Tevosyan and Arthur Sargsyan - were captured in February 2009, Ohan Harutyuan and Gevor Tovmasyan – in May 2009, while Karen Harutyunyan – in July 2009.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday  Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament.Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”.International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |
