Azerbaijan has demanded the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take serious measures and return the Azerbaijanis taken hostage by Armenians in Azerbaijan's occupied Kalbajar region.

Azerbaijan demands the return of Russian citizen Dilgam Asgarov, Azerbaijani citizen Shahbaz Guliyev and also the body of Hasan Hasanov, killed by Armenians.

The demand was put forward by Azerbaijan's Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee on Refugees and IDPs, Ali Hasanov during the meeting with the head of ICRC's Azerbaijani office, Denise Duran, the State Committee on Refugees and IDPs said on July 30.