Naira Zohrabyan asks Europe's female leaders to help return POWs from BakuFebruary 6, 2021 - 16:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lawmaker from the Prosperous Armenia party Naira Zohrabyan has asked female leaders of Europe to facilitate the return of a Lebanese Armenian woman named Maral Najaryan, who was captured and is being held by Azerbaijan. The European Court of Human Rights has confirmed that Najarian is imprisoned in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital. MP Tatevik Hayrapetyan said in early January that the woman was kidnapped in Shushi by Azerbaijani Armed Forces on November 10. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has claimed, meanwhile, that Armenians captured by Azeri troops after the completion of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh are not prisoners of war but "terrorists" who he said will be prosecuted. "Azerbaijan has already officially confirmed the capture of Maral, and according to [politician] David Shahnazaryan, she is being kept in the Gobustan prison [in the outskirts of Baku]," Zohrabyan wrote in a Facebook post. "I have appealed to the female leaders of Europe, all structures dealing with human rights and women's issues, so that they force Azerbaijan to return Maral and all other prisoners of war․" Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |