ArmInfo. The issue of Armenian prisoners of war is one of the most important directions of the activity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. This was stated on March 24 at the session of the RA National Assembly's Standing Committee on Foreign Relations by RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, presenting the results of the activities of his department in 2022.
According to the minister, there is not a single meeting, whether at the bilateral or multilateral level, during which this issue has not been raised. Unfortunately, Azerbaijan has not released a single Armenian prisoner of war for a long time, despite the fact that this is the direct responsibility of Baku, recorded in a tripartite statement dated November 9, 2020. At present, the minister continued, Baku assures that 33 Armenian servicemen are kept in its prisons, whom the Azerbaijani side refuses to recognize as prisoners of war. There are also cases, which is confirmed by video and photo documents, when Armenian servicemen were alive and well during the encirclement, and then disappeared.. The Azerbaijani side claims that it does not know about their fate. "This issue remains on our agenda, it will never be forgotten," the RA Foreign Minister concluded.