ICRC rep. meets Armenian serviceman’s familyAugust 13, 2013 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Delegate of the Yerevan Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Dragana Rankovic met with the family of Armenian serviceman Hakob Injighulyan, who has been held captive in Azerbaijan since Aug 8. As it was reported earlier, the soldier’s family members gathered at the ICRC office to call for prompt measures to promote his release. Commenting on the ‘interview’ gave to Injighulyan gave to ANS Azeri channel, his father, Gevorg Injighulyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter: “This was nothing but a show organized by Azerbaijan. A son brought up by me could never say such things willfully. He was always pleased the command and the officers were satisfied with his service. He never came into conflict and was granted a leave twice.” “Now, Hakob is not that in another country, he is in the hands of the enemy,” he added. On the night of Aug 8, Injighulyan, born in 1991, failed to find his bearings on the ground and crossed into the Azeri-controlled territory. ICRC have not been granted access to the captive yet. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. 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. 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. |