Azerbaijan releases 32 Armenian POWs

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS. 31 servicemen of the Republic of Armenia who were taken captive in 2020-2023, and 1 serviceman who was taken captive in Nagorno-Karabakh in September, have been released from Azerbaijani captivity and are now back in Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced Wednesday afternoon.

He said that the servicemen will undergo a preliminary medical examination and then return to their families.

The Prime Minister also issued a list of the names of the released POWs.

1. Avagyan Hrach A. – Gyumri, Shirak
2. Avagyan Serob S. – Zuygaghbyur, Shirak
3. Avagyan Tigran M. – Gyumri, Shirak
4. Avetisyan Vagharshak A. – Zuygaghbyur, Shirak
5. Aramyan Karen A. – Ashotsk, Shirak
6. Bahrikyan Vahagn E. – Akhuryan, Shirak
7. Baghdasaryan Arthur E. – Gyumri, Shirak
8. Gevorgyan Robert H. – Akhuryan, Shirak
9. Dilanyan Arman V. – Zuygaghbyur, Shirak
10. Yeghiazaryan Sasun S. – Ani, Shirak
11. Tadevosyan Hrayr V. – Ashotsk, Shirak
12. Tosunyan Hrayr V. – Ashotsk, Shirak
13. Isanyan Aren A. – Stepanakert
14. Kirakosyan Eduard A. – Gyumri, Shirak
15. Kostanyan Narek A. – Artik, Shirak
16. Hakobyan Volodya G. – Sarnaghbyur, Shirak
17. Harutyunyan Varazdat S. – Akhuryan, Shirak
18. Herabyan Hrayr H. – Ashotsk, Shirak
19. Hovagimyan Harutyun Y. – Kapan, Syunik
20. Hovhannisyan Haykaz K. – Akhuryan, Shirak
21. Ghazaryan Karen A. – Dilijan, Tavush
22. Martoyan Manuk H. – Lanjik, Shirak
23. Martirosyan Gevorg S. – Gyumri, Shirak
24. Mikayelyan Andranik V. – Gyumri, Shirak
25. Voskanyan Gagik A. – Yerevan
26. Rafaelyan Vladimir O. – Vagharshapat, Armavir
27. Saghatelyan Grigor S. – Ashotsk, Shirak
28. Sargsyan Ishkhan A. – Yerevan
29. Serobyan Gegham S. – Zuygaghbyur, Shirak
30. Sukiasyan Andranik S. – Gyumri, Shirak
31. Stepanyan Davit S. – Panik, Shirak
32. Vardanyan Arsen A. – Ani, Shirak