Azerbaijani defense ministry issued a statement suggesting two Armenian citizens were allegedly detained “when crossing the contact line between Azeri and Armenian armed forces.”

“A resident of Armenia’s Dovegh village, Durmush Karyan, was detained on March 16, with resident of Aygovit village, Anahit Shamazasovna, detained on March 17, while crossing the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh region. The detainees have been handed over to the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons,” Azeri media reported.

In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Armenian defense ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan denied the information.

“The information is not true to fact,” he said.