Baku shares info about 2 Armenian troops abducted by AzerbaijanJune 8, 2023 - 15:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Baku has submitted information to the ECHR regarding 2 Armenian servicemen the Azerbaijani military abducted from Armenian territory, the Office of the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Affairs reports. "We have received information from the European Court of Human Rights about the two Armenian servicemen submitted by Azerbaijan to the European Court, including medical documents and details about the conditions of detention," the publication says. Armenia is expected to present its position regarding the information and documents provided by Azerbaijan within the deadline set by the European Court – until June 16. In late May, the European Court of Human Rights has demanded that Baku clarify whether the two Armenian soldiers recently abducted by the Azerbaijani military are being held as prisoners of war or whether they have another status by June 6. On May 28, the Office of Armenia’s Representative on International Legal Affairs submitted to the ECHR a statement on the protection of the fundamental rights of two members of the Armenian Armed Forces, abducted from the territory of Armenia by Azerbaijani special forces, and demanded that an interim measure be applied to Azerbaijan in accordance with Rule 39 of the Statute of the Court in order to avoid violations of the rights of Armenian military personnel. In response, the Court also required that Azerbaijan provide information on the conditions of detention of military personnel and medical examinations. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |