ICRC representatives visit Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited in December the Armenians who are imprisoned in Azerbaijan, ICRC Armenia Communications and Prevention Manager Zara Amatuni told Armenpress.

She said the ICRC conveyed to the detainees packages sent by their families. The prisoners had the opportunity to contact their family members.

“In addition, as it happens from time to time, the family members of the imprisoned persons in Baku were given the opportunity to prepare packages containing personal belongings, which were conveyed to the prisoners during the ICRC visit, in agreement with the Azerbaijani side,” Amatuni said.

Azerbaijan has officially acknowledged that it is holding 23 Armenians as prisoners. The detainees include former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan and Arayik Harutyunyan, as well as former State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, Speaker of Parliament Davit Ishkhanyan, Defense Army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan, former foreign minister Davit Babayan and former deputy defense minister Davit Manukyan. The former Karabakh officials were detained in the aftermath of the 2023 Azeri attack in Nagorno-Karabakh.