  Azerbaijan captured 17 Armenians after September aggression January 5, 2024 - 13:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 23 Armenian captives, including 17 persons captured after Azerbaijan’s September aggression in Nagorno-Karabakh, are still being held in Baku, head of the Investigative Committee Argishti Kyaramyan told the Public Television of Armenia on Thursday, January 5. Kyaramyan added that eight of these 17 individuals are former representatives of the military-political leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh, including three former presidents. According to him, the Investigative Committee also possesses evidence about the forced disappearance of 32 people as a result of the 44-day war in 2020. He said the information has been submitted to international structures. Regarding 22 of them there is a decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the application of interim measures, but Azerbaijan denies the fact of the disappearance of said people. At the end of last year, Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged captives. Yerevan handed over two saboteurs to Baku in exchange for 32 Armenian prisoners of war.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.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. |
