Two Azerbaijani citizens released after detention on Gaza aid ship
Two Azerbaijani citizens, Parvin Azimov and Orkhan Samadzada, were among those detained yesterday on a vessel carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, News.az reports, citing Trend.
According to Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry, both are crew members employed in Türkiye.
“Thanks to efforts by our embassy in Israel, they have been released and have returned to Türkiye at their own request,” the ministry said in a statement.
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"It is known that two Azerbaijani citizens, Parvin Azimov and Orkhan Samadzada, were detained yesterday among the people on board a ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza," News.az reports citing APA.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada noted that the citizens in question are members of the ship's crew and are working in Türkiye: "As a result of the measures taken by our embassy in Israel, it is intended that they will be released and return to Türkiye at their own request."
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