ArmInfo.Today, representatives of the creative intelligentsia held another march to the embassies of the OSCE Minsk Group member states in support of the parents of the missing and captured servicemen. Today the march moved towards the French Embassy in Armenia. Yesterday, representatives of the creative intelligentsia organized a march to the Embassy of the Russian Federation. A march to the US Embassy will be organized tomorrow.
Famous artist Ashot Ghazaryan noted that he wants to contribute to the return home of the Armenian prisoners of war. He stressed that the actions should not be given a political character. "Now the parents of the missing servicemen are in despair, they do not know whether their children are alive. The international community should help us find and return home the Armenian prisoners of war," Ghazaryan said.
In turn, the actor Hrant Tokhatyan said that the representatives of the embassies of the OSCE Minsk Group member states will be handed letters in which representatives of the Armenian intelligentsia ask for assistance.
Yesterday there was a procession to the Russian Embassy in Armenia, and today, Tokhatyan was invited to a meeting at the Russian Embassy. Tokhatyan assured that he would find out the position of the Russian side about the current situation.
In a letter addressed to the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin, the protesters noted that more than 20 days have passed since the establishment of peace in Artsakh, however, there are prisoners of war in Azerbaijan to this day. They asked the ambassador to convey the request of the intelligentsia of Armenia to the leadership of the Russian Federation, and to deal with this situation.
The actor stressed that representatives of the intelligentsia also apply to the government to clarify what steps are being taken to return the prisoners of war to Armenia.
Tokhatyan also said that the Diaspora Armenians started sending letters to the relevant departments of their countries so that the latter put pressure on Azerbaijan and help return the Armenian prisoners of war home.
To note, the representatives of the creative intelligentsia of Armenia held a protest action on the Charles Aznavour Square last Saturday. Producer Armen Grigoryan noted at the rally, that he proposes to hold a procession similar to the " Memorial March ", urging to take with you photographs of all servicemen who disappeared and who were captured, and walk through all the embassies in Armenia, presenting them the current situation.