December 9, 2006 - 14:51 AMT
Captured Azeri Soldier Crossed Border "because of Fog"
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan confirmed the fact of Vusal Garadjaev's capture by the Karabakh Defense Army. Vusal Garadjaev, born in 1987, was captured by the Armenians in the frontline of Aghdam direction December 7, said colonel Ramiz Melikov, the head of Azeri MD Press office. In his words, V. Garadjaev lost his way in the result of heavy fog and was captured by the Armenian side. It is worth mentioning that V. Garadjaev was mobilized for compulsory military service by Balaken commissariat on April of 2006.

18-year-old Vusal Garachaev, was captured with his rifle in the Aghdam direction of the front line of Nagorno Karabakh and Azeri armed forces. Currently the appropriate bodies of Nagorno Karabakh investigate the reasons that made the Azeri soldier cross the border. The OSCE mission and International Committee of the Red Cross are informed about the incident.