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28.09.2021
Nazeli Baghdasaryan’s Speech at PACE Session
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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on Humanitarian consequences of the /Nagorno Karabakh/ conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the frameworks of the Autumn Session with 80 for, 18 against and 3 abstained. The delegations of Azerbaijan and Turkey voted against the resolution. The goal of the resolution is to assist eliminating the consequences of the humanitarian problems.

Here is the speech by the Member of the Armenian Delegation, the NA deputy Nazeli Baghdasaryan on the report.

“One year ago, Azerbaijan with the direct support and involvement of Turkey and with the participation of foreign terrorist, launched full scale attack against ethnic Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh. It should be clearly stated that initiator of the war and the disruption of the negotiation process was Ilham Aliyev, who rejected the peaceful political settlement of the conflict.

For a year hundreds of the Armenian prisoners of war and civilians have been held captive in Azerbaijan. The number of Armenian POWs still remains unclear. Azerbaijani authorities do not publish the exact numbers of captives without any legal grounds and in gross violation of human rights requirements as per The Third Geneva Convention.

Approximately 90 percent of the alleged cases provided photo or video evidence, confirming that Azerbaijani forces had captured them and keep confined. Video Recordings of Armenian POWs abuse have been posted on Azerbaijani accounts of social media.

And now we realize that from the very beginning of the war the Azerbaijani government established a special mechanism for processing and maintaining incoming captives in a way that abuse, beatings, torture, harassment, and intimidation are a customary practice.

Systematic propaganda and strategically planted hatred against Armenians for over 20 years are worsening the conditions of the captives. Armenian prisoners of war and other captives, have been and are being held in inhuman conditions, deprived of food, water, sleep and medical treatment; they have been humiliated, degraded and dehumanized in every possible way.

During the last months Azerbaijan has repeatedly abused legal procedures, falsified the requirements of international law, and prosecuted Armenian POWs using deprivation of liberty as punishment. Labeling Armenian servicemen and civilians captured by the Azerbaijani armed forces as "terrorists" is a gross violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in general. We emphasize once again that, regardless of the date of captivity, all Armenian servicemen held in Azerbaijan, including civilians, are prisoners of war by their current status.

There are still hundreds of individuals who remain in Azerbaijani custody. They must be identified, protected, and repatriated as soon as possible. The international community and human rights organizations must pressure dictator Aliyev to release all Armenian POWs immediately.”


28.09.2021
Head of RA NA With Honor Faction Artur Vanetsyan Meets with John Gallagher
On September 28, the Head of the RA NA With Honor Faction Artur Vanetsyan and the Secretary Hayk Mamijanyan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to RA John Gallagher.Welcoming the Ambassador, Artur Vanetsyan touched upo...

28.09.2021
Taguhi Tovmasyan Meets with Delegation Headed by Director of International Republican Institute James De Witt
On September 28, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Taguhi Tovmasyan met with the Delegation headed by the Director of the International Republican Institute (IRI) James De Witt.According to James De Witt, the IRI had a number of realistic plan...

28.09.2021
Members of NA Armenia Faction Meet with Ambassador of Great Britain to RA
On September 28, the Head of the NA Armenia Faction Seyran Ohanyan, members Anna Grigoryan, Artur Ghazinyan, Aram Vardevanyan and Artur Khachatryan met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to RA John Gallagher. Welcoming th...

28.09.2021
NA President Visits RA National Hero Karen Demirchyan Museum
On September 28, the President of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan visited the RA National Hero Karen Demirchyan Museum.The NA President accompanied by the Museum Director Vahagn Mamyan took a tour in the main exhibition hall, getting acquainted with the exhibits concerning the life and activitie...

28.09.2021
Sitting of RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security Held
At September 28 extraordinary sitting, the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security, chaired by Andranik Kocharyan, debated the issue on the election of the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee. The NA Armenia Faction again nominated Artur Ghazinyan as a candidate. He has proposed to creat...

28.09.2021
National Assembly Hosts Diaspora Armenian Youth
On September 28, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport Sisak Gabrielyan hosted a group of Diaspora Armenian youth being in Armenia on a cognitive visit within the framework of the Diaspora Youth Ambassador program. Welcoming the guests, S...

28.09.2021
Maria Karapetyan Meets with Representatives of Konrad Adenauer Foundation
On September 28, the member of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Maria Karapetyan met with the Director of the Regional Programme Political Dialogue South Caucasus of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Foundation Thomas Schrapel, the Deputy Director of the Programme Jonathan Nowak and th...

28.09.2021
At Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Debate of Amendments Being Proposed to the Law on RA Citizenship
At September 28 sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, the debate of the draft law on Making Addenda and Amendments to the law on the RA Citizenship.According to the Deputy Chair of the Committee Vahagn Hovakimyan, as a result of working discussions, it has been found ou...



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