ECHR gave Azerbaijan by August 8 to provide information about  kidnapped Vagif Khachatryan

ArmInfo.The European Court of Human Rights as given Azerbaijan by August 8 to provide information about Vagif Khachatryan, a 68-year-old resident from Artsakh,  kidnapped on July 29 from a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor. This  is stated in the statement of the Representative of Armenia on  International Legal Matters Yeghishe Kirakosyan.

"Azerbaijan is obliged to inform the court about the whereabouts,  conditions of detention, state of health, medical assistance provided  and the possible return of this person," the statement says.

On 29 July, a 68-year-old citizen of the Republic of Artsakh, who was  being transported to Armenia for medical treatment under the  supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),  was abducted by representatives of Azerbaijan from the checkpoint  illegally established in the Lachin Corridor.  The passage of the  citizen of Artsakh was agreed in advance through the mediation of the  ICRC.  For several hours, nothing was known about his fate. Later,  the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan informed about the  decision to detain Khachatryan, accusing him of war crimes allegedly  committed in 1991. The Armenian Foreign Ministry characterizes the  actions of Azerbaijanis as a kidnapping, and Human Rights Defender  Anahit Manasyan stated that this incident is a gross violation of  international humanitarian law, as Vagif Khachatryan was under ICRC  protection. On July 30, Representative of Armenia on International  Legal Matters Yeghishe Kirakosyan, said that an application regarding  the protection of the rights of Vagif Khachatryan was submitted to  the European Court of Human Rights with the request to apply an  interim measure against Azerbaijan.