Karabakh Ombudsman: Azerbaijan hides Armenian POWs from ICRCNovember 30, 2020 - 10:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Based on our credible data & analysis, #Azerbaijan hides many #Armenian war prisoners from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and their relatives, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan said Sunday, November 29. Beglaryan said there is lot of evidence of the inhuman treatment of the Armenian POWs on ethnic basis. According to him, international monitoring bodies must prevent tortures and war crimes against the Armenians captives. Since the signing of a trilateral agreement on the cessation of hostilities, the sides have been exchanging bodies of the victims, but no agreement has been reached to exchange prisoners of war as well. Videos spread by Azerbaijani social media users show Azeri troops humiliating Armenian prisoners of war 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 EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. 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 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. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |