YEREVAN. – Military serviceman Hakob Injighulyan is still undergoing a medical examination. Armenia defense minister’s press secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan told the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He noted that solely after the results of the examination it will be determined whether Injighulyan will continue his military service.

Hovhannisyan added that there are still pending legal matters with respect to harassment against Injighulyan in Azerbaijan.

On the night of August 8, 2013, Armenian soldier Hakob Injighulyan (born in 1991) had gotten lost and found himself in the territory under the control of Azerbaijan. He was taken to the Azerbaijani capital city Baku the next day. The ICRC was able to first meet with the Armenian prisoner of war on August 20. In addition, Injighulyan was made to wear Azerbaijani military uniform and give several “interviews.”

The soldier was held captive in Azerbaijan for more than a year, subsequently transferred to a third country, and he ultimately returned to Armenia in the early morning hours on October 2, 2014.

The former captive told reporters that the Azerbaijanis had threatened to shoot him if he expressed a wish to return to his homeland.

Hakob Injighulyan also stated that he plans to carry out the remaining nine months of his military service in the Armenian Armed Forces.