Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr K. Zarbaliyeva / A letter from the parents of an Azerbaijani soldier, Samir Mammadov, to him who was captured by Armenians, was returned. Uncle of the soldier, Vidadi Mammadov, reported to Trend on 3 July that Samir's father visited the Barda region office of the International Committee of the Red Cross on 2 July. The letter from Samir's parents was not accepted by the Barda office of the organization. According to Samir's uncle, the Committee said that Samir did not wish to receive letters.
Vidadi Mammadov considers that to be a lie. "It is the third time that the International Committee of the Red Cross has rejected our letters. Our latest letter was written on 9 March," he said.
Samir Mammadov was drafted to military service by the Military Conscription Commission of the Azerbaijani region of Barda on 24 December of 2006. Samir did not reply to the latest letters from his relatives. Mammadov's parents insist that Samir is under pressure from the Armenians, who do not let him maintain a correspondence with his relatives. He was captured by the Armenian on the Gazakh-Ijevan border 15km from the military unit.