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The health condition of 56-year-old Ludvig Mkrtchyan, who has been in Azerbaijani captivity since October 2020, continues to be a concern for his lawyers and family.

On July 15, lawyer Luciana Minasyan, the head of the “Assistance to Armenian Orphans” Society (SOAR), warned that the Armenian prisoner of war Ludvig Mkrtchyan, who was captured five and a half years ago and ended up in Baku prison, is facing a serious health problem and is fighting for his life.

“56-year-old Mkrtchyan has a leukocyte count of 14.27, which is almost twice as high as normal, which is accompanied by extensive inflammation. He also has severe heart disease: left ventricular hypertrophy, diastolic dysfunction, aortic insufficiency,” X on the social network. had written the lawyer.

Ludwig Mkrtchyan’s wife, Hranush Shahbazyan, she spends uncertain days with her family and relatives, she says that she has had no information from her husband for a month, she does not know what his condition is.

“I spoke with Ludwig on the 19th of last month, it was our last conversation until now.  I don’t know when he will call, I don’t know how the situation is, what is happening there. During the conversation, he said that it was very bad, he felt so bad that he fainted, they took him and took pictures of his heart, but they didn’t give any kind of answer, he doesn’t know what the problem is. To this day, I haven’t heard from him.” of 168.am Hranush Shahbazyan said in a conversation with

Our interlocutor said that Ludvig Mkrtchyan did not have any health problems before the capture, the health problems appeared after the capture.

“Perhaps in the last 1 year or a few months, my husband acquired these health problems, because he was constantly complaining about his health condition, and his condition got worse and worse,” she added.

According to Hranush Shahbazyan, during these times they applied to various embassies and international structures, but they did not receive any response from any structure.

“Honestly, I don’t know what to expect, because it’s a very uncertain situation, I only know one thing: they should put aside all political backgrounds and be able to save people’s lives and not keep people in captivity because of political backgrounds.

To be honest, I don’t know what is happening in Azerbaijan and what their tendencies are, I only know one thing, if they go for the “Peace Treaty”, priority should be given to ensuring the humanitarian side, because they should be in the first place, not to see what Azerbaijan will decide and look again and again at Azerbaijan’s decisions.

56-year-old Ludvig Mkrchyan has been in Azerbaijani captivity for 6 years, he was captured on October 20, 2020 in Hadrut.

Azerbaijan, like other Armenian prisoners, has falsely accused Ludvig Mkrtchyan, as if he “performed torture” in the first Artsakh war.

Hranush Shahbazyan calls that accusation baseless and absurd.

“Honestly, I don’t know in what format the Azerbaijani side is returning our captives, what is the priority, because my cousin has been in captivity since 2020. Ludwig should have been at home a long time ago, not there and in that capacity,” emphasized our interlocutor.

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