Baku. Malahat Najafova – APA. “We urge the relevant authorities to return the two prisoners to the government of Azerbaijan”, the US co-chair James Warlick told APA, commenting on the “trial” held in Khankendi over the case of Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev, who were taken hostage in Kalbajar.
“This would be an important humanitarian gesture that can help reduce tensions and build trust between the sides. In the past and in the spirit of the Astrakhan Declaration, the sides have found a way to return prisoners and we hope such steps could be taken in this case”, he said.
In July, 2014, Russian citizen Dilgam Asgarov and Azerbaijani citizen Shahbaz Guliyev were taken hostage by the Armenian soldiers on their way to Kalbajar to visit their homeland. Another Azerbaijani citizen, Hasan Hasanov, was shot to death.
His body was taken from the enemy and buried in Baku.
On December 19, 2014, the “court” of the separatist regime in Nagorno-Karabakh sentenced Dilgam Asgarov to life in prison, Shahbaz Guliyev to 22 years in prison.
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