Armenia frees Azeri captiveFebruary 1, 2008 - 18:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia set free Azeri captive Samir Nazim ogly Mammadov. "Late January 2008 with mediation of some international organizations was set free and sent to a European country," said press office of the RA National Service."Mammadov has numerously refused to return to Azerbaijan. Finally, with assistance of some international organizations, including the ICRC, he chose a European country as asylum," it was reported. Samir Nazim ogly Mammadov departed Armenia in good health, Novosti Armenia reports. Mammadov was born in Kirovabad (Azerbaijan) in 1987. He grew up in orphanage. December 24, 2006 he left the military unit and crossed the Armenian-Azeri border without documents and weapon. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 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. 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. 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. |