ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani authorities are artificially dragging out and politicizing the process of returning Armenian prisoners of war in order to inflict mental suffering on the Armenian society, especially the families of prisoners of war, and create tension in country.
Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan stated this yesterday during a meeting with the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar. The meeting was also received by the head of the EU delegation to the RA, Ambassador Andrea Victorin, the office of the RA Ombudsman reports.
During the meeting, Arman Tatoyan raised the issue of the urgency of returning the prisoners of war and civilians detained in Azerbaijan to the Armenian side.
The defender presented serious human rights problems in the post-war period, which arose in connection with the process of defining borders, which are moving at an unacceptable speed under the obvious threats of war from Azerbaijan against the population of Armenia. Arman Tatoyan emphasized that this process not only did not stop, but also received new manifestations of hatred towards Armenians and incitement to hostility in Azerbaijan.
During the meeting, the Defender highly appreciated the cooperation with the EU Delegation to Armenia and, in particular, noted the joint work in the format of dialogue on human rights and a number of other programs. The Defender reaffirmed his commitment to work together to improve the level of human rights protection in Armenia with the support of the EU.
The EU delegation, in turn, stressed the role of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia in protecting human rights.
At the end of the meeting, the parties outlined new areas of joint work.