Azerbaijan conceals actual number of captured Armenians and places of their detention, FM says

Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan stated on Friday that the immediate repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war and captured civilians held in Azerbaijan remains a priority. In the words of Mirzoyan, Azerbaijan continues violating the provisions of the Geneva Conventions and the trilateral statement from November 9, 2020, creating artificial barriers for returning the captives. As the press department at the foreign ministry reported, Mirzoyan's remarks came at a meeting on Friday with Gilles Carbonnier, the Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Mirzoyan attached importance to the ICRC mission in Artsakh as the only international organisation at present operating in the region and p...