Левон Мнацаканян
The Azerbaijani Border Service confirmed the detention of Lyova Mnatsakanyan /UPDATED/
Baku/29.09.23/Turan: The State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan has officially confirmed information about the detention of the former “Minister of Defense” of the separatist regime in Karabakh Lyova Mnatsakanyan.
On September 29, at the Lachin border checkpoint, while trying to leave for Armenia, Leva Henrikhi Mnatsakanyan, born in 1965, was detained, who illegally entered Azerbaijan in 2015-2018. was the “Minister of Defense” of the so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,” the State Border Service said in a statement.
The detained person was taken to Baku by the State Border Service rapid response forces and handed over to the competent government authorities to make an appropriate decision regarding him, the message further noted. –06D-
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2023 September 29 (Friday) 14:37:49
Armenian media report on the detention of Levon Mnatsakanyan at the Lachyn checkpoint
Baku/29.09.23/Turan: Armenian media reports on the detention of the former "defense minister" (2015-2018) from the separatist regime in Karabakh, Lieutenant General Levon Mnatsakanyan, at the Lachyn checkpoint.
The source of the information is indicated by the president of the Civic Consciousness NGO Narek Samsonyan, who wrote on his Facebook page: "Lieutenant General Levon Mnatsakanyan was captured by the Azerbaijanis at a checkpoint en route from Karabakh to Armenia not so long ago." ---06b---
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