Baku urges ICRC to boost efforts for releasing Azerbaijanis taken hostage by Armenians

Azerbaijan has urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to increase its efforts for releasing the Azerbaijani citizens Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev taken hostage by Armenians, said Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov.

He made the remarks at a meeting with the ICRC president Peter Maurer May 5, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said.

Maurer, in turn, noted that the ICRC keeps this issue in focus and will continue its activities in this regard in line with its mandate.