Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR) Defense Army contract serviceman Andranik Grigoryan was extradited by Azerbaijan to the Karabakh authorities on Wednesday, November 18, NKR State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons reports.
The soldier's handover was carried out under the auspices of the Nagorno-Karabakh mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), near the village of Bash Karvend.
Recall, as stated by NKR authorities, Grigoryan had left one of the eastern military units of the NKR Defense Army and crossed the border into Azerbaijan on March 22, 2015, leaving arms and ammunition behind.