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Anna Vardapetyan raised the issue of fulfillment of humanitarian requirements at the meeting with the Prosecutors Generals of Russia and Azerbaijan

16/06/2023

On June 15, another tripartite meeting took place in St. Petersburg with the participation of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia – Anna Vardapetyan, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation – Igor Krasnov and the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Kyamran Aliyev.

 

Anna Vardapetyan expressed her gratitude to Igor Krasnov for organizing a meeting in this format again. Along with that, however, Anna Vardapetyan expressed concern regarding Azerbaijan's failure to completely fulfill the humanitarian requirements of the tripartite declaration signed by the leaders of the Republic of Armenia, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan on November 9, 2020, and attempts to escalate the situation.

 

“Since the signing of the declaration, Armenian prisoners of war have been kept in the Republic of Azerbaijan, 33 of them have been sentenced. There is also direct evidence of the kidnapping of two Armenian servicemen by the armed forces of Azerbaijan. Moreover, the Azerbaijani side's refusal to return a number of persons to the Republic of Armenia is reasoned that these persons appeared in Azerbaijan after the signing of the Declaration, while the Armenian side completely fulfilled the requirements of Clause 8 of the Declaration” - Anna Vardapetyan said.

 

The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia also referred to the incidents that took place in the last few days, the fire opened by the Azerbaijani armed forces towards the Armenian positions and civilian objects near the Yeraskh settlement and in the area of Tegh, emphasizing that they are direct consequence of the absence of clear assessment condemning them, non-returning of persons held in Azerbaijan, as well as not fulfilling other agreements defined by the Declaration. “The fulfillment of the obtained agreements and assumed obligations would allow to avoid such cases. Azerbaijan's behavior not only does not contribute to the implementation of the provisions of the Declaration, but also contradicts the goals and meaning of that document, further aggravating the situation” – Anna Vardapetyan emphasized.

 

At the end of the meeting, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia reaffirmed the priority of Armenia to fulfill the humanitarian requirements and stressed that these requirements have not been completely fulfilled by Azerbaijan.