Azerbaijan hands over 73-year old woman to Armenia
12.11.2015,
17:17
Lusine Abovyan, a 73-year-old Armenian civilian, was handed over by Azerbaijan November 12 in an operation carried out under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the committee said today.
YEREVAN, November 12. / ARKA /. Lusine Abovyan, a 73-year-old Armenian civilian, was handed over by Azerbaijan November 12 in an operation carried out under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the committee said today.
Abovyan was handed over to the Armenian side on the road between the Azerbaijani district of Gazakh and the Armenian town of Ijevan, on the international border.
Acting as a neutral intermediary and in accordance with its mandate, the ICRC facilitated this handover together with the Azerbaijani and Armenian authorities. In a conversation with the ICRC representatives before the handover, Abovyan expressed desire to return home. The ICRC representatives were also in contact with her family before the handover.
Abovyan violated the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border in the direction of the Gazakh district Nov. 6, the Azerbaijani defense ministry said Nov. 9. She was detained by Azerbaijani armed forces on the front line. -0-
Abovyan was handed over to the Armenian side on the road between the Azerbaijani district of Gazakh and the Armenian town of Ijevan, on the international border.
Acting as a neutral intermediary and in accordance with its mandate, the ICRC facilitated this handover together with the Azerbaijani and Armenian authorities. In a conversation with the ICRC representatives before the handover, Abovyan expressed desire to return home. The ICRC representatives were also in contact with her family before the handover.
Abovyan violated the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border in the direction of the Gazakh district Nov. 6, the Azerbaijani defense ministry said Nov. 9. She was detained by Azerbaijani armed forces on the front line. -0-
