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ArmInfo. Statements about the  possible surrender of territories to Azerbaijan are speculations.  Head of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan  stated this during his visit to the southern districts of Artsakh.

During his visit to the southern regions, Vanetsyan discussed with  the top leadership of the republic a program of settling the  territory along the banks of the Araks River. In particular, it is  planned to build the settlement Araksavan, to develop agriculture  here and to create infrastructures. According to Vanetsyan, the  settlement of these territories is one of the main security  guarantees.

In the context of the discussions, Vanetsyan noted that the  implementation of this project is already a refutation of speculation  that negotiations are underway around possible territorial  concessions.  “Implementing this program, we are sending a clear  message to the world that no one will surrender even a single inch of  land. On the contrary, our compatriots should live in our  territories, live and create,” Vanetsyan said.

ArmInfo. The Ombudsmen of the  Artsakh Republic, both the former and the incumbent one – on March 6  from the rostrum of the European Parliament will talk about boosting  the atmosphere of Armenophobia in Azerbaijan within the framework of  the ”Armenophobia: Historical and Present-day Resurgence” Forum.  The forum was initiated by the European Armenian Federation for  Justice and Democracy (EAFJD)and the Tufenkian Foundation.

Harut Shirinyan,  Public Relations and Communications Officer at  EAFJD, informed that the main speakers will be Turkish Human Rights  Ombudsman Ragip Zarakolu, Artsakh’s incumbent Ombudsman Arak  Belgkaryan, former Ombudsman  Ruben Melikyan, , a well-known blogger  Alexander Lapshin, who suffered from Azerbaijani dictatorship and  Polish Armenian researcher Jakub Osiecki. The event will be attended  by lawmakers of the European Parliament, public figures,  representatives of the Armenian community.

According to Shirinyan, during the speeches, a comprehensive  presentation will be given on Armenophobia, which Armenians continue  to face in Turkey and Azerbaijan. “The forum will become an important  platform where issues related to Armenian hatred will be voiced, and  ways to overcome it will be discussed,” he said.  In particular,  Artak Beglaryan and Ruben Melikyan will make a report on hatred  against Armenians, which is fully based on facts, namely, actual  examples of total propaganda of hatred against Armenians in  Azerbaijani kindergartens and schools. Those present will be able to  familiarize themselves with the report on this topic prepared by the  Ombudsman in September 2018. In addition, examples of the  manifestation of Armenophobia recorded during the April war, as well  as the potential threat posed by a similar state policy of the  dynastic regime in Azerbaijan will be presented.

ArmInfo.  Yesterday Russia  extradited to Azerbaijan a political figure of Transcaucasia, one of  the leaders of the Talysh national movement, the chairman of the  movement “For the Revival of Tallish> Fakhraddin Abbasov, who lived  in political emigration in Russia. About extradition of Abbasov  report Azerbaijani media with reference to the press center of the  State Security Service of Azerbaijan. It is noteworthy that even on  February 28, the media reported on the disappearance of Abbasov from  the remand prison.

On February 28, Amnesty International made a statement demanding that  the Russian authorities promptly conduct an impartial and efficient  investigation into reports of the disappearance of an Azerbaijani  opposition figure from the remand prison.

Amnesty International at the Talysh National Academy in Minsk  reported that on Wednesday morning, February 27, some law enforcement  officers came to the detention center where Abbasov was detained.   They allegedly submitted an official letter from the Prosecutor  General’s Office, which ordered the release of Abbasov. They took the  oppositionist with them. At the same time, his personal belongings  remained in isolation. Later Abbasov’s lawyer confirmed this  information.

On February 28 at 3:00pm a trial in the case of Abbasov was to take  place. The court in connection with the disappearance of the  applicant could not establish its location and postponed the hearing  to March 18.  “First of all, Abbasov was not originally supposed to  be arrested for further extradition to Azerbaijan.

Russia had to comply with its international obligations under  international human rights law, prohibiting the deportation and  extradition of persons to countries where they would be at risk of  torture and cruel treatment. If he was really released for further  transfer to the Azerbaijani authorities, this can be regarded as a  gross violation of international law. Moreover, this goes against the  official position of the Supreme Court of Russia, which in 2012  ordered lower courts to respect Russia’s obligations under  international law and not to satisfy extradition requests if there  are fears that the extradited could be subjected to torture and other  ill-treatment>, director of Amnesty International in Russia Natalia  Zvyagina said.

To recall Abbasov was detained on September 6, 2018 by the Moscow  police. The reason for his arrest was the demand of the Main  Investigative Department of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan,  which announced the policy on the interstate search.

In Azerbaijan, on July 12, 2018, a criminal case was initiated  against Abbasov under articles 281.2 (“Repeated public calls for a  change in the constitutional order or violation of the territorial  integrity of the Azerbaijan Republic”) and 283.1 (“Incitement of  national hostility”) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.  Two days  later, the Sabail District Court of Baku arrested Abbasov in absentia  for 4 months and declared him on the interstate wanted list. In  Azerbaijan, he faces imprisonment for up to 5 years.

According to Turan, Abbasov is an associate of Alikram Hummatov – the  leader of the self- proclaimed Talysh-Mughan Republic. The historian  Fakhraddin Abbasov  in 1981-1995 He taught at the Belarusian State  University, in 1993-1995. He was the editor of the “Tolyshi Sado  “newspaper In 1993, during the military-political crisis in  Azerbaijan, Abbasov became one of the leaders of the Talysh  separatist movement, taking the post of chairman of the parliament of  the Talysh- Mughan Republic, proclaimed in southern Azerbaijan. In  1995 he moved to Russia, where he published the newspaper “Talysh”.  In May 2005, he took part in an international conference on the  Talysh problem in Armenia. In Azerbaijan, the conference was regarded  as support for separatism. 

ArmInfo. Switzerland is ready  to support the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.  Ambassador of Switzerland to Azerbaijan Philipp Stalder announced  this at the press conference.

Stalder noted that three important meetings between the presidents of  Azerbaijan and Armenia took place in Switzerland.

According to him, if the parties express a corresponding desire,  Switzerland is ready to provide such support, Trend reports.

ArmInfo. Baku reacted to the  statement of the head of the National Security Service of Armenia  Artur Vanetsyan about the impossibility of territorial  concessions.

“We call on the OSCE Minsk Group to condemn such statements by the leadership of Armenia,” the statement of the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in response to an Interfax request.The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry emphasizes that such statements  contradict the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group on the peaceful  settlement of the conflict, as well as the agreements reached by the  heads of the foreign affairs agencies of Armenia and Azerbaijan in  Paris.

“All responsibility for the consequences of such provocative  statements falls on Armenia,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the  Republic of Azerbaijan stresses.It should be noted that during the  visit to the southern regions of Artsakh, the head of the National  Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan stated that the talks  about the possible surrender of the territories to Azerbaijan are  speculations. During his visit to the southern regions, Vanetsyan  discussed the program of settling the territory along the bank of the  Araks River with the top leadership of Artsakh. In particular, it is  planned to build the settlement Araksavan, to develop agriculture  here and to create infrastructures. According to Vanetsyan, the  settlement of these territories is one of the main security  guarantees of Artsakh. In the context of the discussions, Vaniecian  noted that the implementation of this project is already a refutation  of speculation that negotiations are underway around possible  territorial concessions. “Implementing this program, we are sending a  clear message to the world that no one will surrender even a single  inch of land. On the contrary, our compatriots should live in our  territories, live and create,” said Vanetsyan.