ICRC representatives have met with Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan, Ashot Astabatsyan, ICRC Yerevan, told NEWS.am. He did not report any information on the prisoners’ state, it being confidential.

Negotiations are under way with the Azerbaijani authorities. Confidential talks on the return of Manvel Saribekyan’s body are going on as well.

Azerbaijani mass media report on six Armenian POWs and five civilians in Azerbaijan. The Armenian citizens are members of one family. They are Yeghishe, Ruzanna, Alfred, Gayane, and Petros Gevorgyans. They were taken prisoners this January.

According to Azeri mass media, six Armenian servicemen are prisoners in Azerbaijan: Hrank Markosyan, Alik Tevosyan, Artur Sargsyan, Ohan Harutyunyan, Gevorg Tovmasyan and Karen Harutyunyan.