Five Armenian PoWs return from AzerbaijanOctober 20, 2021 - 10:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Five Armenian prisoners of war returned from Azerbaijan on Tuesday, October 19 evening. According to a statement from the Russian Embassy in Yerevan, ambassador Sergei Kopyrkin watched the Russian military aircraft land at the Erebuni airfield. The five Armenian citizens returned from Baku through the mediation of the Russian side. Lawmaker Narek Ghahramanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party later revealed the names of the five former PoWs: Mels Ambardanyan, Rafik Karapetyan, Zhora Manukyan, Sedrak Soghomonyan and Hovsep Manukyan. The Azerbaijani authorities continue to mistreat Armenian prisoners of war, in defiance of international obligations. According to the European Parliament, a total of 56 prisoners of war are currently facing criminal prosecution in Azerbaijan, in direct contravention of Article 4 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of 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 | 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. 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. |