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    Emil Lazarian
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Armenian PoWs send letters to families with help from ICRC

Jan 29 2022
– 14:57 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited the Armenian prisoners of war still being held in Azerbaijan, Zara Amatuni, PR specialist of the ICRC office in Armenia, has said, according to Sputnik Armenia.

“Employees of the organization visited all those persons whose capture was confirmed by the Azerbaijani authorities. Among them are those who were captured at the end of 2020 and in November 2021,” Amatuni was quoted as saying Friday, January 28.

The ICRC staff got to learn more about the conditions of detention, handed over letters and video messages from families to the PoWs, as well as took their messages for their families. In addition, with the mediation of the Red Cross, the prisoners were able to talk to their relatives on the phone.

Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan stated that the number of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan, according to various estimates, is about 70 people. According to unofficial data, about 130 Armenian soldiers are in captivity in Azerbaijan.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS