Strong Armenia faction MP Suzanna Avetisyan asked Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in parliament what deadline he had set for the return of captives, after which he would consider the process a failure and resign.
“The deadline I have set for myself regarding the return of captives and those deprived of their liberty is one minute sooner. As for resignation, let me remind you that I have resigned at least twice since 2018,” he said, according to Panorama.am .
Avetisyan responded by repeating her question: “What is the deadline by which, if the captives do not return and peace is not established, you will resign?”
Pashinyan replied: “Today you say that there is no peace for our 19 compatriots from Armenia, but I say that there is peace for millions.”
A Baku court has sentenced Ruben Vardanyan to 20 years in prison.
Former Nagorno-Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Former Defense Army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan and former first deputy commander Davit Manukyan were also sentenced to life imprisonment, as were former Artsakh Republic Foreign Minister Davit Babayan and National Assembly Speaker Davit Ishkhanyan. Former Artsakh Republic presidents Arkadi Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Madat Babayan and Melikset Pashayan were sentenced to 19 years in prison, Garik Martirosyan to 18 years, Davit Allahverdyan and Levon Balayan to 16 years, and Erik Ghazaryan, Gurgen Stepanyan and Vasily Beglaryan to 15 years.
