ICRC representatives meet with Azerbaijani soldiers in Armenian captivity

Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Armenia visited soldiers of Azerbaijani army Rafig Rahman Hasanov and Anar Khanbala Hajiyev, who are in captivity in Armenia, on Dec. 29, 2009, spokeswoman for ICRC Office in Azerbaijan Gulnaz Guliyeva said.

She said ICRC representatives held private meetings with the captured soldiers, talked to them and observed their detention conditions and received their letters to their families.

Guliyeva said the letters would be delivered to their families on Wednesday.

Soldier of the Azerbaijani army Rafig Rahman Hasanov, 20, was captured by the Armenian troops on Oct. 8, 2008 in the contact line between the troops in Gazakh region.

Anar Khanbala Hajiyev, 20, drafted by Goranboy regional military commissariat, was captured by the Armenian armed forces on May 10.

The captives were visited by ICRC officials in October, 2009 last time.

/APA/