Armenian captive, family exchange news through Red Cross Commitee

PanARMENIAN.Net - Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met with the Armenian captive Hakob Injighulyan held in Azerbaijan, media contact person for the ICRC Delegation to Azerbaijan Ilaha Huseynova told APA. According to the news agency, the captive and his family exchanged information through the ICRC.

Earlier, Azeri media have been spreading information suggesting the captive is unwilling to return to Armenia. As Defense Ministry spokesman told PanARMENIAN.Net ANS Azeri TV channel allegedly released a video featuring the captive voices reluctance to return to Armenia.

However, Injighulyan never mentioned his unwillingness to return to Armenia in a meeting with ICRC representatives, with Azerbaijani Prisoners of War Commission Secretary earlier noting he sees no problem with the captive's return.

Armenia has repeatedly slammed the “interviews” with Injighulyan as forced by Baku and urged the ICRC to take every effort to help the captive’s return, with no persecution to be initiated against him in the absence of crime in the act.

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. No meeting with the ICRC representatives has been organized so far.