Armenia denies transferring Kurdish fighters to TurkeySeptember 26, 2022 - 12:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Ministry of Justice of Armenia has not transferred persons of Kurdish nationality Atilla Çiçek and Hüseyin Yıldırım to Turkey, the Ministry said in a statement on Monday, September 26. On Sunday, the National Security Service of Armenia also made a comment on this issue, describing the information as “false” and having “no legal basis”. “In addition to the report of the National Security Service, we inform that the Ministry of Justice is authorized to transfer convicts to their country of citizenship to serve the remaining sentence. However, the transfer to Turkey of Atilla Çiçek and Hüseyin Yıldırım, who are Kurds by nationality, has not happened,” the Justice Ministry said. “Moreover, the issue of extradition or transfer of these persons has not been considered in the Ministry of Justice.” The military wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said in a statement on September 24 that Armenia had handed over two of its fighters to Turkey. Turkey’s state media had claimed earlier that the country’s National Intelligence Agency (MİT) had brought the two to Turkey “in an operation” on the border. 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. |