Tuesday, August 14 2018 13:16

ArmInfo. The issue of the  return of Armenian citizen Karen Ghazaryan, who had appeared on the  territory of Azerbaijan under unclear circumstances, is in the focus  of attention of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This was  stated on August 14 during a briefing by the acting Spokesperson of  the Armenian Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan.

"We continue intensive work to this end. As you know, the Armenian  Prime Minister made a statement on this issue a few days ago, and we  continue to make every effort to return our citizen safely and  speedily back home," Naghdalyan said.

On July 15 this year, under unclear circumstances, Armenian citizen  Karen Ghazaryan (born in 1984) had appeared on the Azerbaijani side,  where he was captured and represented by the Azerbaijani side as a  saboteur. Meanwhile, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, spokesman of the Defense  Ministry of Armenia reacting to this information reported that a  resident of the Berdavan village of the Tavush region Karen Ghazaryan  (born in 1984) does not serve and never served in the RA Armed  Forces.

In turn, the Police of Armenia reported that Karen Ghazaryan is a  resident of the border village of Berdavan, Tavush region of Armenia  and has nothing to do with military service. He has health problems,  and from 2013 he is registered in an appropriate medical institution.  At present, the circumstances of how Karen Ghazaryan was on the  territory of Azerbaijan are being specified. Armenian Defense  Minister David Tonoyan, being the head of the interdepartmental  Commission for Hostages and Missing Persons, appealed to the Yerevan  office of the International Committee of the Red Cross to organize  the return of RA citizen Karen Ghazaryan to his homeland.