Azerbaijan to return four Armenian citizens today

PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 3, at 6 .m. local time, near the settlement of Yeraskhavan, Ararat region, the Azeri side will transfer fours Armenians, who several days earlier lost their way, finding themselves in Nakhijevan, Azerbaijan, said spokesman for the RA Defense Minister, col. Seyran Shahsuvaryan who accompanies Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan in his northeast journey.



The Minister will visit the military units to meet with the officers and will also attend the posts at the Armenian-Azeri border, IA Regnum reports.



Four Armenian citizens - Vanik Zmboyan from Gavar, Artem Zohrabyan, Karen Torosyan and Aghasi Yenokyan from Noragyugh village - went to the village of Khachik to meet a friend. Coming back, they lost their way finding themselves in Nakhijevan," he said.



"Presently, all four are kept in the Azeri National Security Service cell in Azerbaijan. The Armenian side addressed to the International Red Cross Office in Baku for assistance to transfer the captives back to the Armenia," colonel Shahsuvaryan said.



Earlier, the Azeri Press Agency circulated information that "Armenian special forces planning a provocation were arrested in Azerbaijan."