April 1, 2005 an Armenian soldier born in 1985, who was serving his service for a fixed period in the Noemberyan region of Armenia was captures by Azeris, Arminfo agency reports according to the international working group on search for missing, hostages and prisoners of war in the region of the Karabakh conflict (IWG). The IWG expressed hope that the Azeri party will return the captured immediately after the essential examination in accord with the agreements achieved March 18 in Tbilisi. At that the IWG members inform of numerous appeals to the Karabakh leadership not to delay the return of the POWs as it incites the other conflicting party to retaliatory steps. They again called the NK authorities to pass Hayal Abdulayev, Hikmet Tagiyev and Ruslan Bakirov to the International Red Cross. The appeal says in part, "No sensible explanation can be given on the prolonged detainment of three Azeri soldiers in Karabakh. The IWG is a public structure and does not possess the right to demand reports from the conflicting parties, however both the Armenian and Azeri parties treated our efforts aimed at search for missing and release of POWs with trust." According to the report, Bernhard Klazen has many times applied to Arkady Ghukasian, Victor Kocharian and Masis Mailian and was assured that the prisoners will be released soon. "The meeting of the Armenian and Azeri State Commissions held in Tbilisi on March 18 established mechanisms for the further work. We hoped that the NK representatives will join the activities and established immediate contact with the RA State Commission. "The protraction of returning the POWs will only deteriorate the relations and do harm to those captured and those who can be captured in future", the IWG representatives say adding that the resolution of humanitarian problems should not be complicated with political reasons.