Pashinyan refused to include the issue of Armenian prisoners of war kept in Baku prison in the peace agreement. "Publication"

"Hraparak" daily writes: Nikol Pashinyan refused to include the issue of Armenian prisoners of war held in Azerbaijan prisons in the peace agreement, fulfilling one of Aliyev's humiliating demands. We were told that the issue of including a clause about prisoners in the agreement was discussed, Azerbaijan expressed its opposition, and Pashinyan agreed to it. By leaving the issue of prisoners out of the only document being negotiated with Baku, Pashinyan reasoned that raising the issue of prisoners at the state level would become a weapon in Aliyev's hands to use it in negotiations. However, the source of "Hraparak" says that in fact, Pashinyan just freed himself from an unnecessary headache. At the same time, with this step, Aliyev unwittingly substantiated Aliyev's claims that the military and political leaders of Artsakh are not prisoners of war, but terrorists who are being tried for serious crimes. We tried to verify the information from government deputies. Hovik Aghazaryan confirmed the news. "The Azerbaijani side does not accept them as prisoners, but gave them status, accuses Arayik Harutyunyan and Ruben Vardanyan of subverting the constitutional order. Therefore, if Azerbaijan agreed to include the issue of captives in the peace agreement, then it would have to give an answer to the international community, they would ask Aliyev, "if they are captives, why didn't you release them?" said the CP deputy. approach, claiming that if the issue of prisoners was included in the negotiations, the peace agenda would reach an impasse. "Should we stop now, would we torpedo the process of concluding a peace treaty for that reason, which is already difficult?" Aghazaryan asks a rhetorical question. And who should deal with the fate of those people, if Armenia washes its hands at the state level, refuses? In response, the KP deputy mentioned that the relevant bodies are dealing with the prisoners, but Aghazaryan did not know exactly which bodies were dealing with them. Let's remind that 8 figures are being illegally detained in Baku: former Artsakh presidents Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Arayik Harutyunyan, NA Speaker Davit Ishkhanyan, former Foreign Minister Davit Babayan, former Defense Forces Commander Levon Mnatsakanyan, former Minister of State Ruben Vardanyan, former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces David Manukyan.