ICRC: Azerbaijan agrees to transfer civilian to Armenia

Azerbaijan agreed to transfer a civilian to Armenia, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Baku Office spokesman, Ilaha Huseynova, said.

She said the ICRC Baku Office has received an official notification from the Azerbaijani side. The identity of a civilian to be transferred to the Armenian side has not been announced.

The ICRC is negotiating a prisoner of war exchange with Azerbaijan and Armenia, Huseynova told Trend earlier.

Armenia has appealed to the ICRC Yerevan Office and expressed its readiness to transfer Azerbaijani prisoners of war. Talks are ongoing between the ICRC offices, she said.

Based on the agreement between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, concluded under the mediation of the president of Russia in Sochi, the head of the ICRC Yerevan Office on Monday, was informed about the readiness of the Armenian side to transfer Azerbaijani prisoners of war staying on the Armenian side, News.am reported with reference to the press service for the Armenian Defense Ministry.

After the talks on March 5 the presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia made a joint statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement. The document said that the leaders discussed the issues of practical implementation of the tripartite statement adopted by them during the last meeting in Astrakhan on October 27, 2010. In particular, the Presidents agreed to complete exchanging of prisoners of war as soon as possible.

The document stresses the desire to resolve all disputed issues by peaceful means and to investigate possible incidents along the ceasefire line, with the participation of the parties under the aegis of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen with the assistance of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman.


/Trend/