Deputy of the National Assembly Narek Ghahramanyan wrote on his Facebook page:
“Dear compatriots, The process of returning Armenian prisoners of war to Armenia continues, but in the meantime Baku does not stop making illegal verdicts and its strategy of keeping Armenian prisoners of war in Baku.
Today, our compatriots Alyosha Khosrovyan and Ludvig Mkrtchyan, became victims of illegalities of Baku, they were sentenced to 20 years in prison. The government spares no effort to return our prisoners of war to Armenia as soon as possible.
The government has been and will be with the families of our captives. I, personally, am in constant contact with Alyosha Khosrovyan’s family. I hope that Alyosha will return to Armenia with all our captives.”
As we have already informed, the Yasamal District Court of Baku has completed the trial of two more Armenian prisoners of war on trumped-up charges.
Armenian prisoners of war Alyosha Khosrovyan and Ludvig Mkrtchyan were sentenced to 20 years in prison each. They are accused of allegedly “torturing Azeris during the First Artsakh War” and “treating them cruelly.”
Azerbaijan continues not to fulfill the trilateral statement of the 9 November, 2020, in particular, the return of prisoners.
Notably: On 27 September, the Azerbaijani side launched hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh, occupying most of it, including the city of Shushi.
On 9 November, Russian President Vladimir Putin, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint statement on the cessation of hostilities that started on 27 September.
The trilateral statement states in particular that Kelbajar will be returned to Azerbaijan by 15 November (later that period was extended by 10 days), Aghdam region by 20 November, and Lachin region by 1 December, leaving a corridor of 5 km wide, which will ensure Armenia’s connection, but will not touch Shushi.
In addition, along with the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin corridor, Russian peacekeeping forces of 1960 troops with firearms, 90 armored vehicles and 380 vehicles and special equipment are deployed. The peacekeepers remain for five years with the possibility of automatic extension, unless the parties announce the termination of this provision six months before the expiration of the next five years.
It is also mentioned that internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas, exchanging prisoners of war and exchanging other detainees, and unblocking all economic and transport ties in the region is carried out.
