ICRC to investigate situation with rejection of Armenian-captured Azerbaijani soldier to return to Azerbaijan

Appeal was made to the Armenian delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to investigate the reports that soldier of Azerbaijani Army Rafig Rahman Hasanov captured by Armenian servicemen on October 8 wants to stay in Armenia.

Spokesperson of ICRC delegation in Azerbaijan Gulnaz Guliyeva told APA about it. Gulnaz Guliyeva refuted the reports that ICRC representative was present when Rafig Hasanov said in his interview to an Armenian channel that he did not want to return to Azerbaijan.

Novosti-Armenia reported that 19-year-old soldier Rafig Hasanov said in his interview to an Armenian channel that he refused to return to Azerbaijan. In his interview Hasanov reportedly said he had undergone insult and humiliation in Azerbaijani Army.

"I could not bear it, so I shot at my leg and was treated in hospital. But insulting actions continued," he said.

Soldier of Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s military unit, Hasanov Rafig Rahman, 19, was captured by Armenian servicemen on the line of contact near Gazakh region on October 8, 2008.

/APA/