Each person thinks about another`s actions based on his own  principles of his life - Ruben Vardanyan 

ArmInfo.Each person thinks about the actions of another person based on the models and principles of his life. This was stated by the former State Minister of Artsakh Ruben Vardanyan, who has been in Azerbaijani captivity for almost a year, in connection with the comment made by the Prime Minister of Armenia addressed to him. 

On August 31 of this year, at a press conference, Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan, speaking about the former State Minister of Artsakh  who is in captivity, said the following:

According to Ruben Vardanyan's office, during his interrogation in a  Baku prison, the former Artsakh state minister was asked questions  about the Armenian prime minister's comment about him. Having  received confirmation of the information about the statement in a  conversation with his family, Ruben Vardanyan asked to share his  position in a format open to the public:

Secondly, if the prime minister had any questions for me, he had the  opportunity to ask them during our last meeting in November 2022,  when I was still the state minister of Artsakh. However, I am still  ready to answer any of his questions within my capabilities.

Thirdly, I would like to remind the prime minister that in the spring  of 2018, when my partners and I first met and there were four of us,  I honestly announced to him three points that I have always adhered  to and will continue to adhere to:

1. My partners and I do not want and will not interfere in the  politics of Armenia.

2. We are engaged in charity work regardless of our relations with  the Armenian authorities, because we have done and are doing it for  the people. For me, helping people remains the main task and  humanitarian mission.

3. The only thing that can change my approach is the fate of Artsakh.

The events of 2020 and the ongoing threats against Artsakh have  become a turning point for me, which I have always stated openly and  consistently. Since then, all my actions have been dictated by  concern for the fate of Artsakh and its people.

Now our people are going through one of the most difficult and  difficult periods in their history.  Despite all the difficulties and  disagreements, I believe that we will be able to overcome this period  and build a peaceful and bright future, " Ruben Vardanyan said.

Ruben Vardanyan is an influential Armenian business leader, social  entrepreneur, and philanthropist who briefly served as the Minister  of State for Nagorno-Karabakh. On September 27, 2023, as part of  Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing of 120,000 Armenians from  Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben was arrested while attempting to cross the  Lachin Corridor into Armenia with the remaining civilians. He was  placed in pretrial detention the same day and has been held since  then on baseless and trumped-up criminal charges. His detention was  quickly followed by the arrest of other Nagorno-Karabakh leaders,  also part of Azerbaijan's campaign of ethnic cleansing.

Earlier, the former (first) prosecutor of the International Criminal  Court (ICC), renowned Argentine lawyer and human rights activist Luis  Moreno Ocampo addressed an open letter to Armenians, calling for a  campaign to free Armenian captives and thereby make COP29 a "truly  peaceful conference." "You have the opportunity to lead a global  movement and engage other interested communities in solving two of  the most pressing problems of our time: climate change and genocide,"  he wrote, emphasizing that the UN global conference is an opportunity  to reveal to the world the truth about Aliyev's criminal regime. On  September 13, at a press conference in Yerevan, he said: "Our message  ahead of COP29 in Baku is to free the Armenian hostages and stop the  genocide."