ICRC working to return or exchange Karen Petrosyan's corpse: Armenia's Defense Minister

YEREVAN, AUGUST 15, ARMENPRESS. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is working to return the corpse of the Armenian citizen Karen A. Petrosyan,who was killed in Azerbaijani captivity. The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan stated this during the briefing with the journalists held at the course of his visit to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia on August 15. As reports “Armenpress”, among other things, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan highlighted: “The International Committee of the Red Cross is working in that direction. There will be results; there will be either exchange or returning.”

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan states that the resident of Chinari village, 31-year old Karen A. Petrosyan, who was taken captive on August 7 in Aghbulagh village of the Tovuz region, “suddenly died due to unknown reason”. As reports “Armenpress”, the official website of the Minsitry of Defense of Azerbaijan stated this.

Among other things, the report states that according to the preliminary information, Karen Petrosyan died of cardiopulmonary decompensation and sharp myocardial decompensation.” Also, it was noted as if the experts of forensic medicine and pathologic anatomy centre of Azerbaijan’s Gyanja region are trying to reveal the true reasons of the Armenian captive’s death.

Previously “Armenpress” reported that the Governor of the Chinari border village of Armenia’s Tavush Samvel Saghoyan confirmed that the resident of their village 31-year old Karen A. Petrosyan had crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and was taken captive. The news saying that he was taken captive were previously spread in the Azerbaijani media reporting that the Armenian hostage was discovered by the resident of Aghbulagh village of the Tovuz region.

Among other things, the Governor of the Chinari border village of Armenia’s Tavush Samvel Saghoyan noted: “The boy liked drinking. The circumstances of crossing the border are not clear yet. But there are suspicions that he was drunk. We are trying to clarify how it happened.”