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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 7, ARMENPRESS:An Azeri soldier captured by Armenian forces of Nagorno Karabagh last January 8 during a skirmish on the line of contact has been handed back to his own side, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Thursday. The soldier, 20-year-old Elmeddin Abbiyev, who was wounded in the skirmish, was escorted across the cease-fire line separating the two sides by ICRC delegates on Wednesday, the organization said in a statement. Since his capture on January 9, Abbiyev had been undergoing treatment for his injuries in an Armenian hospital in the enclave. He had not been fit to be moved until now, Armenian doctors said.