At 12 pm today, Azerbaijan returned Manvel Saribekyan’s body to Armenia. The transfer was made on the northeastern segment of the Armenia-Azerbaijan line of contact, in the section of the Idjevan-Ghazakh road, said RA Ministry of Defense press spokesperson Davit Karapetyan to Epress.am.<\/p>\n
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Karapetyan also confirmed news of Armenia returning a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan to his home country. Armenia returned Azerbaijani citizen Eldar Taghiyev, who about 10 months ago illegally crossed the border into Armenia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“Armenia’s Ministry of Defense is fulfilling the agreements made by the RA president on Oct. 27 in Astrakhan, and we expect the same determination from Azerbaijan,” said the defense ministry spokesperson.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Recall that Saribekyan was taken captive by Azerbaijani forces in September and died under suspicious circumstances while in their custody. Soon after his capture, a video was released online in which Saribekyan said that “Azerbaijani forces had specially prepared him in Azerbaijan to carry out a terrorist act. However, it is clearly apparent in the video that the young man was subject to torture,” according to an earlier released statement by Armenia’s defense ministry.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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