ECHR sends info about Vagif Khachatryan provided by Azerbaijan to  Armenian side

ArmInfo.The European Court of Human Rights forwarded to the Armenian side the information provided  by Azerbaijan regarding Vagif Khachatryan. This information was passed on to Khachatryan's relatives.  The Office of the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Matters reports.

According to the source,  Armenia will submit its objections to the  facts and position presented by Azerbaijan within the deadline set by  the aforesaid court; that is, by August 16.

On July 29, 68-year-old Vagif Khachatryan, who, having serious health  issues, was being transported from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia for  medical treatment, accompanied by the International Committee of Red  Cross, was abducted by the representatives of the border guard  service of Azerbaijan at the illegal checkpoint installed on the  Lachin corridor and taken in an unknown direction without any  reliable explanation.

For several hours, nothing was known about his fate, later the  Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan informed about detention of  Khachatryan, accusing him of war crimes allegedly committed in 1991.  The Armenian Foreign Ministry qualified the actions of the  Azerbaijanis as a kidnapping, and Ombudsperson Anahit Manasyan said  that the incident is a flagrant violation of international  humanitarian law, since Vagif Khachatryan was under the protection of  the ICRC.

On July 30, the representative of Armenia on International Legal  Matters Yeghishe Kirakosyan reported that an application was  submitted to the European Court of Human Rights to protect the rights  of Vagif Khachatryan with a demand to apply an interim measure to  Azerbaijan.