YEREVAN. – Representatives from the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) have paid a visit to the five Armenian civilians who are kept in Azerbaijan.    

The ICRC Yerevan delegation spoke with Armenian News-NEWS.am and confirmed this information.  

The visit was conducted on Wednesday, during which letters were exchanged. 

These Armenian citizens—Yeghishe, Ruzanna, Alfred, Gayane and Petros Gevorgyan—are members of one family.

Yeghishe Gevorgyan has run away from justice in Armenia. On January 10, 2010, Gevorgyan, together with his wife and three children, had crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani border at the Yeraskh-Nakhichevan road section, with a vehicle. Since there were three underage children in the car, the Armenian side had not fired shots. The Azerbaijani side, however, did fire shots at the vehicle. Yeghishe Gevorgyan (born in 1958) was convicted eight times in Armenia, and for committing robbery and several other crimes.