Armenian Defense Ministry said today that Private Eduard Martirosov, who crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on April 23 and was detained by Azerbaijani troops, has been repatriated.
YEREVAN, May 26. /ARKA/. Armenian Defense Ministry said today that Private Eduard Martirosov, who crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on April 23 and was detained by Azerbaijani troops, has been repatriated.
It said the agreement on his repatriation was reached during a trilateral meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders with the president of the European Council on May 22 in Brussels. It was also mediated by the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh, Major-General Andrey Volkov.
Martirosov was handed over to the Armenian side on May 26, the ministry said.-0-
