AZERBAIJAN INVESTIGATES OFFICER\'S DISAPPEARANCE FROM NATO TRAINING
By empty (7/16/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry officials said on 16 July that the ministry is conducting an investigation into reports that a senior army officer has applied for political asylum while participating in a NATO training course in Belgium. The officer, Lieutenant Colonel Firuz Gassymov, reportedly left the NATO training center without permission last month to visit an unnamed foreign embassy to apply for political asylum. Defense Ministry spokesman Ramiz Melikov confirmed that an official investigation has been launched.Visit also
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