YEREVAN. – Representatives from the Baku Office of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) have not yet been able to get permission to see Arsen Baghdasaryan, an ex-conscript of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army, whom the Azerbaijani side has captured.

“The ICRC is conducting a [respective] dialogue with the relevant [Azerbaijani] authorities,” the Red Cross delegation in Yerevan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Arsen Baghdasaryan was taken into Azerbaijan captivity on December 26 of the year past. The now ex-soldier had stood out by his disorderly conduct during military service, and this had led to the filing of a criminal lawsuit against him. And Baghdasaryan had fled to Azerbaijan to escape trial.