UPDATED: Azerbaijan claims to have arrested Armenian citizen for alleged border violation

YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, ARMENPRESS. TheState Border ServiceofAzerbaijan has claimed to have arrested an Armenian citizen for allegedly violating the state border.

In a statement, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan claimed that a citizen of Armenia, identified as Rashid Aramayis Begleryan (born 1962) was arrested for allegedly breaching the Armenia-Azerbaijan border in the area of Aghavno village on August 1.

At the time of writing the Armenian authorities had not made any public statements on the matter.

UPDATES:

21:14 - The man arrested by Azerbaijani border guards for allegedly violating the border whom Azeri authorities described as a citizen of Armenia is actually a citizen of Nagorno-Karabakh who accidentally crossed into Azeri-controlled territory after getting lost, Nagorno-Karabakh authorities reported.