ArmInfo.Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan convened a meeting of the Security Council.
According to the press service of the NKR leader, Harutyunyan informed the meeting participants about the steps being taken to clarify the fate of the citizens of the Republic of Artsakh, abducted by Azerbaijan today, and return them to their homeland.
They discussed the situation in Artsakh, possible developments and actions of the authorities in the direction of preventing a deepening humanitarian catastrophe and solving security problems.
Today, on August 28, Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies abducted three citizens of Artsakh Alen Sargsyan, Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan at an illegal checkpoint set up by enemy forces in the Kashatagh (Lachin) corridor. The young people were accompanied by Russian peacekeepers, and they were traveling to Armenia to study. This is the second time in the last month. Earlier, 68-year-old Artsakh resident Vagif Khachatryan, who was transferred to Armenia for treatment with the support of the ICRC, was abducted by enemy forces from the checkpoint.