August 5, 2023 - 12:34 AMT
Karabakh civilian abducted by Baku hasn’t contacted family yet

68-year-old Vagif Khachatryan, who was abducted by Azerbaijan on July 29 when being transferred from Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) to Armenia for treatment by the International Committee of the Red Cross, has not contacted any of his family members since then, Khachatryan’s daughter Tsovinar Khachatryan told Artsakhpress.

"We go to the Stepanakert office of the Red Cross several times a day, and my sister goes to their office in Yerevan to find out any information. They tell us they have no information. They say that they are negotiating to see my father, but so far it has been unsuccessful," Khachatryan said, according to Armenpress.

An ICRC representatives called them at midnight on July 29 and said that Vagif Khachatryan was in a hospital in Baku, where he was put on life support.

According to Tsovinar Khachatryan, her father has health problems. She once again urged the international institutions to respond to their requests and urgently return her father to the homeland in order to save his life.

On August 2, prominent Armenian attorney Siranush Sahakyanruled outdue process in Azerbaijan regarding Vagif Khachatryan. She said that the kidnapping ofVagif Khachatryanby Azerbaijan constitutes extraordinary rendition in terms of international law.