ICRC visiting Armenian POWs whose captivity is confirmed by BakuMay 11, 2021 - 18:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Committee of the Red Cross is visiting those Armenian prisoners of war whose detention has been officially confirmed by Azerbaijan․ According to information possessed by the Armenian side, at last 200 prisoners of war and civilians captured during and after the hostilities in Karabakh are currently being held hostage in Baku. Azerbaijan, however, has confirmed the detention of only some 70 Armenians. "We keep visiting the people detained in relation to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, whose detention has been officially confirmed to us," the . "We help their families to maintain contact with their loved ones usually through Red Cross messages, verbal messages and also phone calls and pre-recorded videos." The defenders of the rights of Armenian captives in the European Court of Human Rights revealed earlier that 19 of the hundreds of Armenian civilians and servicemen who were taken captive by Azerbaijan during military hostilities in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), have been tortured and killed, which amounts to a war crime. 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 | 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. |