Azerbaijan is politicizing the issue of prisoners of war, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan told the reporters today.
“It is obvious that Azerbaijani authorities are doing everything to keep the legal instances far from the issue,” he said.
Tatoyan stressed that Armenia must not allow it, the issue is of no political significance.
He noted that Azerbaijan should not be allowed to tie the issue with any of the points of the trilateral statement.
“It is a process of protection of human rights, what else it should be talked about, we must ensure the implementation of this issue and that’s it. They are filing criminal cases against our prisoners of war which is a gross violation of international humanitarian right,” the Armenian Ombudsman said.