YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS. The idea of creating a security zone should be constantly pushed forward by using the facts and applying correctly the international mechanisms, former Ombudsman of Armenia Arman Tatoyan said at a press conference, stating that they have always promoted this idea of creating a security zone.

Tatoyan said that the international organizations have always emphasized the necessity of security zones.

“These security zones are also called safe zones, salvation zones, defense zones, and their essence is that if there is an armed conflict or a danger of armed attack on the people, the conflicting countries must neutralize the armed forces there so that people can live calmly. The International Committee of Red Cross has explained in that way that it is necessary to ensure people’s ownership, security rights and that they are free of tortures”, Tatoyan said.

Commenting on the current activity of the EU monitors along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the former Ombudsman said he considers all international missions a very important step.

“I have always raised the issue of international monitors. When I visited the provinces and saw the situation, I said at that moment that international observers are needed. For our part, I want to state that we will send the fact-finding activities carried out by our team to both the EU monitoring mission and the OSCE observer mission and will ask to take into account it”, he said.