Armenia, Azerbaijan swap prisonersJune 28, 2019 - 16:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Committee of the Red Cross has facilitated the exchange of prisoners between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The countries each released one prisoner of the other country on the border near the Armenian town of Ijevan, Tavush province. The Azerbaijani citizen named Elvin Arif Oglu Ibrahimov was arrested on March 16, 2019, while the Armenian citizen, Zaven Karapetyan, was captured on June 20, 2017. According to Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan, the process is not the realization of the principle of returning all the prisoners to their respective countries, proposed by Azerbaijan. “We are not dealing with a prisoner swap here as Yerevan had declared earlier that Armenia is returning Ibrahimov to Azerbaijan based on humanitarian considerations,” Naghdalyan said. “This process was carried out through close cooperation with the ICRC, in particular, the organization’s office in Armenia.” Ibrahim had not committed a grave crime, so the individual approach based on the humanitarian principle is applicable. “We also took note of Azerbaijan’s decision to release Karapetyan, who found himself in the territory of Azerbaijan under unknown circumstances, and organized his repatriation together with ICRC,” the spokeswoman said. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |