STEPANAKERT. – The Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) National Security Service (NSS) is taking measures so that the Artsakh citizen who came under the control of the Azerbaijani armed forces as a result of getting lost is returned, the Artsakh NSS informed Armenian News-NEWS.am Wednesday.

At around 7:30am, the Artsakh NSS was reported the disappearance of Armen Verdyan (born in 1971), a resident of Aygestan village of the Askeran region.

It turned out that as a result of getting lost at the section of Nakhichevanik and Ughtasar villages of the Askeran region in the morning, the aforementioned Artsakh citizen had ended up in the area under the control of the Azerbaijani armed forces and was detained by them.

The incident was immediately reported to the Russian peacekeepers, who have found out and assured the safety of this Artsakh national.

Negotiations are currently underway to have this Artsakh citizen returned to the Armenian side.