Azerbaijan imposes restrictions on ICRC mission in Baku - State commission on POWs

The Azerbaijani military authorities' tortures of the Armenian prisoner of war Manvel Saribekyan, as well as their delay to confirm that Arthur Badalyan was kept a hostage testify to the fact that the authorities in the country impose restrictions on the ICRC mission to Baku, according to the Armenian State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People.

At their Tuesday session chaired by the head of the commission and the minister of defense, Seyran Ohnyan, the commission members discussed their 2010 activities and the plans for the upcoming year.

They all agreed that Azerbaijan's lack of willingness and determination protracts the process of returning Armenian hostages.