Any work seen by results - Hayk Mamijanyan

ArmInfo. Any work should be assessed by results, and in the case of Armenian prisoners of war who  continue to be tortured in Baku, the lack of effective action by the Armenian government is becoming obvious. This was stated by the leader of the opposition faction With Honor Hayk Mamijanyan during a  briefing in the Armenian parliament.

In this vein, Mamijanyan asked a rather rhetorical question: if it is  not the Prime Minister of Armenia who should demand their release,  then who should do it?

"They can return our prisoners as they wish. We are using all means:  from international relations to protests. Therefore, I repeat -  everything is assessed by results," the oppositionist said.

In this regard, the Republican recalled that this morning, on  February 6, the lawyer for the family of former Artsakh State  Minister Ruben Vardanyan published a statement in which he noted his  20 years of experience in such cases. The leader of the "I have the  honor" faction recalled that the lawyer expressed surprise in his  statement that he was encountering such inaction on the part of the  authorities of any country for the first time. Mamijanyan emphasized  that this opinion is confirmed by the fact that the current Armenian  government is criticized not only by representatives of the  opposition, but also by the international expert community.

The oppositionist expressed his conviction that Ruben Vardanyan was  forced to go on a hunger strike precisely because of the inaction of  the Armenian authorities, adding that everything possible must be  done to return the Armenian captives to their homeland. "From a  humanitarian point of view and given Ruben Vardanyan's condition, it  is necessary for him to stop the hunger strike and return alive from  the Baku prison. I do not know whether the call to stop the hunger  strike will reach him or not, but it will be better this way,"  Mamijanyan noted.

He also drew attention to the manipulation previously used by the  Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan, who cited the  initial number of captives and those currently on trial in Baku.  Mamijanyan emphasized that the importance of human life cannot be  reduced to statistics. In this regard, he recalled how the Armenian  Prime Minister spoke about the approximate number of those killed  after the 44-day war in the context of "plus or minus one", noting  that this is an indicator of the current government's attitude to  human lives.

In conclusion, the faction leader emphasized that the Republican  Party of Armenia (RPA) adheres to one ideology: an independent and  strong Motherland - Armenia and an independent and secure Artsakh.  "For this, we will do everything that is required of us. And whoever  helps us in this process or, on the contrary, hinders us - they will  be judged by history," the oppositionist summed up.

The current and former military-political leadership of Artsakh was  taken hostage after the Azerbaijani aggression against the NKR on  September 19-20, 2023. For the second year in a row, in the  conditions of inaction of the international community, dozens of  Armenian citizens are illegally detained in Azerbaijan, subjected to  cruel and degrading treatment, torture.