YEREVAN. – Henrik Aghekyan, 61, a resident of Aygepat village in Ararat Province of Armenia, had crossed the border and found himself on the Azerbaijani side.

Armen Kaprielyan, head of the working group of Armenia’s Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, confirmed this information, speaking to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“Clarifications are made as to under what circumstances he found himself there,” said Kaprielyan. “According to some information, Aghekyan is located in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic [of Azerbaijan].

“This person has problems linked to mental health, and previously, he often went missing from home. And this time he left the house about a week ago, and did not return. [His] relatives thought he will return home soon; [but] they appealed to police only today.

“If we compare with the information disseminated by the Azerbaijani media, [it] corresponds.”

Armen Kaprielyan added, however, that the International Committee of the Red Cross has not yet provided any respective official information.