Everything is OK with me, says Azerbaijani captive soldier

Azerbaijani sergeant Anar Khanbaba Hajiyev currently held as prisoner in Armenian armed forces sent a letter to his family, the captive's mother Naila Mammadova told Azerbaijani news agency APA.

Azerbaijani representation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered the letter to his family. The soldier wrote in his letter: "Everything is OK. Give my regards to all - grandmother, uncles and others. Please tell to the neighbor guys that things are not so what they are thinking."

Mammadova said his son didn't have health problems. "They told me that Anar is OK. He reads books about Azerbaijan. They gave him a book about the 17th century. They said they would again meet Anar soon".

Spokeswoman for the ICRC representation in Azerbaijan Ilaha Huseynova told APA that the ICRC representatives in Armenia visited to Azerbaijanis captives in Armenia.

ICRC representatives visited Anar Hajiyev last on May 12.

Anar Hajiyev, 19, was drafted from Goranboy region. He was detained on May 10, 2009 in direction of Fuzuli region.