NA Speaker optimistic about  release of Armenian prisoners in  Azerbaijan

ArmInfo.  Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan is optimistic about the release of all Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan.

"We had up to 200 prisoners. Today, there are 23 confirmed prisoners  of war. We'll wait, and I'm confident that thanks to these steps, the  number of these prisoners will eventually be reduced to zero, and  everyone will be back. The then leaders of Karabakh will also return,  along with all those who were captured and are currently in prison  there. Our government has done and will do everything to ensure  everyone returns to the Republic of Armenia without discrimination,"  Simonyan said in a conversation with journalists in parliament on  November 26. 

According to the NA Speaker, his optimism is based on previous  experience and ongoing work. "I'm saying that after the war, we had  up to 200 confirmed prisoners; today, we have 23. Ten times less.  This is a base I can rely on. And I know the efforts the government,  myself, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs are making," the NA  Speaker emphasized.