YEREVAN. – The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) representatives have not yet been permitted 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 allow the ICRC to meet with the Armenian captive for already more than three weeks now, and no information is given on the reasons for this refusal.

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 as a result, Baghdasaryan had fled to Azerbaijan to escape trial.