The relatives of the prisoners of war, who had been holding a sit-in strike in front of the RA Government since the evening of 23 June, met again with the acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on 24 June. The “Miaban” initiative reported, according to which, based on the agreement reached with Pashinyan, a decision was made to stop the sit-in strike on the condition that the RA government will take certain actions within a certain period of time.
The participant of the sit-in, captive Mels Ambardaryan’s brother Tigran Ambardaryan wrote in this regard on his Facebook page:
“At this moment I am stopping the sit-in strike for the following reason.
Today, we were invited to the government, we met with the representatives of the government. They listened to us and discussed the conditions we offered.
They are:
- To establish an ad hoc commission, which should have constant direct contact with the relatives of the captives (promised to form tomorrow, 25 June, 2021)
- As a result of our discussion, we agreed to provide additional time for the Government to continue its efforts and to inform about the work done in the near future.
“If all the conditions discussed and the demands are not met by mid-July, I will resume the sit-in strike and will raise wider protests together with my friends.”
