Relatives of prisoners of war and missing persons protest in front of UN building in Armenia

ArmInfo. Relatives of prisoners of war held in Azerbaijani prisons and missing persons organized a protest action in front of the UN building in Yerevan. They demanded that the World Organization put pressure on Baku to release their relatives.  The participants of the demonstration handed a letter to the UN office on behalf of the conservative democratic party "Aykandukht", voicing demands regarding the Armenian prisoners of war and civilians held in Baku prisons. The letter also urgently calls on the UN to reconsider holding the UN Climate Summit (COP-29) in November this year in Baku and to make the return of all illegally detained Armenians to their homeland a condition for hosting the event Azerbaijani capital.

It should be noted that the exact number of Armenian prisoners of war and hostages held in Azerbaijani prisons is still unknown. According to experts, there are several dozen to several hundred of them. Among those held in Azerbaijani captivity, are 8 former and current representatives of the military-political leadership of Artsakh. These persons include former presidents of Artsakh Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Arayik Harutyunyan, former Minister of Foreign Affairs David Babayan, as well as the speaker of parliament David Ishkhanyan, former commander of the Artsakh Defense Army General Levon Mnatsakanyan, General David Manukyan, and former state minister Ruben Vardanyan.