 Germany expects immediate release of Armenian POWs kept in Azerbaijan June 8, 2023 - 10:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Germany expects that the Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku will be immediately released as part of the peace negotiations, Armenpress reports, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the German Bundestag Michael Roth said at the press conference in Yerevan on Wednesday, June 8. "We expect that the Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku will be immediately released as part of the peace negotiations, and that the territorial integrity of Armenia will be unconditionally recognized as a result of the border demarcation process," Roth said. Roth had a number of meetings within the framework of his visit to Armenia, and also visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial.   Top stories Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan has said Armenia will, in all likelihood, ratify the Rome Statute. Vaqif Sadiqov has threatened that his country’s military will deploy sniper rifle if EU observers approach the border between the two countries. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will leave for Sochi on June 7 on a three-day working visit. The delegation headed by Armenian National Assembly President Alen Simonyan is leaving for Turkey.   Partner news |  Latest news IDream launches special program for forcibly displaced Artsakh youth  IDBank has been implementing an educational program for students called IDream for several years now.EU, U.S., Sweden announce humanitarian funding for Karabakh The EU is boosting its humanitarian funding with €5 million in response to the increasing needs of the forcibly displaced.Moscow expects U.S. to refrain from “increasing anti-Russian sentiment in Armenia” Moscow expects Washington to refrain from dangerous words that “lead to increased anti-Russian sentiment in Armenia.”UN ready to help Karabakh people “if given access” Dujarric told reporters that the World Organization is concerned about the influx of people into Armenia. |
