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Arsen Khojoyan, 23-year-old resident of Verin Karmiraghbyur village of Armenia’s Tavush province who was released from Azerbaijani captivity, has left hospital.

Khojoyan was receiving treatment at the Scientific-Medical Center of Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases of the Health Ministry. After returning from Azerbaijan, he was diagnosed with vulgar psoriasis and was transferred from the city of Sevan to Hrazdan Medical Center and then was taken to the Scientific-Medical Center, the Health Ministry reported earlier.

After undergoing a comprehensive medical examination, Khojoyan received appropriate treatment. He is in stable remission, doctors say, and will receive the necessary treatment at home.

On March 7, 2014, Azerbaijani APA news agency reported citing Shahin Sailov, the secretary of the State Commission on POWs, Missing Persons and Hostages, that an Armenian citizen aged 20-22 was detained in Tovuz region of Azerbaijan, while crossing the line of contact. It turned out that the detainee was 23-year-old resident of Armenia’s Tavush province Arsen Khojoyan who crossed the border by accident as he lost his way in dense fog. The young man is a distant relative of 77-year-old Mamikon Khojoyan who was detained by Azerbaijan on March 4 of this year, subjected to torture while in Azerbaijani captivity and died on May 20, 2014 soon after being released.