YEREVAN. – The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) representatives have not yet been able to see Armenian captive Arsen Baghdasaryan, who is held in Azerbaijan. 

ICRC Yerevan Office Communications Officer Zara Amatuni told about the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The Azerbaijani side does not permit the ICRC to meet with the Armenian captive for already nineteen days now. No official information is given with respect to the reasons for such a demeanor by the authorities of the neighboring country.

Azerbaijani human rights defenders, on the other hand, have met with Baghdasaryan and, in their words, he asked to be handed over to a third party.

Arsen Baghdasaryan, an ex-conscript of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army, 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.