  ICRC reps visit hostages in Karabakh and Azerbaijan February 20, 2012 - 16:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited war prisoners in Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. “The Red Cross employees visited an Azerbaijani captive in Artsakh, while ICRC representatives in Baku paid a visit to three Armenian prisoners of war and a family kept in Azerbaijan and handed a letter to them,” the Red Cross official told PanARMENIAN.Net Basing its activity on the Geneva Conventions, ICRC has operated in Armenia and Azerbaijan since 1992.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |
