ICRC: Reports of 150 Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan are fakeNovember 27, 2020 - 15:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Reports claiming that Azerbaijan has captured 150 Armenian prisoners of war are fake, ICRC Armenia Office representative Zara Amatuni said Friday, November 27. Amatuni, however, failed to reveal the actual number of Armenian POWs and captives in Azeri custody, citing confidentiality. According to her, only the sides to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are authorized to reveal such figures. Also Friday, Artsakh (Karabakh) Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan said 400 bodies of servicemen killed in the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh have been recovered or returned to the Armenian side so far. Beglaryan added that he has obtained information that the Azerbaijani side has collected bodies of Armenian servicemen from various locations and is deliberately delaying their return, seeking to make internal tensions in Armenia worse and add to [the people's] psychological suffering. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side is returning all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities. 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 | U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. |