Armenian citizens captured before Karabakh war return from Azerbaijan tooDecember 15, 2020 - 11:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian citizens captured by Azerbaijan before the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh were among the 44 prisoners of war and detained persons who returned to Armenia on Monday, December 14, human rights lawyer Artak Zeynalyan said in a Facebook post. Zeynalyan said he and his colleague Siranush Sahakyan were defending the right of more than half of the POWs who landed in Yerevan on Monday evening. "We reaffirm our continued commitment to the return of other Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan," Zeynalyan wrote. After the end of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, both sides said they approve the principle of "all in exchange for all". The POW swap was also mentioned in the trilateral statement signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news | “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. |