Larisa Alaverdyan: Armenian side does not keep Azerbaijani captive (video)
The Armenian side does not keep Azerbaijani captives, Executive Director of the Foundation against the Violation of Law (FAVL) told media on April 8. Larisa Alaverdyan says during the clashes of the past several days, the Armenian side did not want to take hostages: our soldiers were protecting our borders and preventing the enemy from penetrating into our territory. “The relevant bodies dealing with the search for missing persons and prisoners of war are doing their work on the highest possible level,” she said. “Azerbaijan must be interested in cooperation with the Red Cross, because it has dead soldiers left in our territory,” Mrs Alaverdyan said adding that they do not know yet whether there are Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan or not. “Should we have such data, we would not announce that we have 25 missing soldiers.” Larisa Alaverdyan, who has just returned from Artsakh, says what she saw there is beyond description. “What we saw there cannot be compared with the events of 1992 because this time the enemy tried to solve several problems at once. , at the same time, the enemy wanted to cause panic among our population,” she said. Larisa Alaverdyan added that t the atrocities carried out by Azerbaijani soldiers against the peaceful population of Artsakh are not only crimes against humanity, but also crimes that contradict the provisions of Geneva Conventions. “Azerbaijan behaves as a terrorist group that can be compared with the Islamic State. We must raise the issue on an international level applying to all international bodies,” she said in conclusion.
