YEREVAN. – The relatives of captive soldier Hakob Injighulyan have appealed to the Armenian authorities to convey their request to Russian President Vladimir Putin who is on a visit to Baku.

They are asking president of Russia, a co-chairing state of the OSCE Minsk Group, to help them on getting  Hakob back to Armenia, soldier’s cousin Arman told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As informed earlier, Armenian soldier Hakob Injighulyan (born in 1991) found himself in the territory under the control of the adversary. According to preliminary information, Injighulyan turned up there on Thursday at around 3am, while carrying out his military service, by crossing the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR)-Azerbaijan border, and as a result of losing his orientation in the area.