No prisoners of war in Armenia or Artsakh – Armenian official refutes Azerbaijani reports
Armenia’s Deputy Defense Minister Gabriel Balayan has denied Azerbaijani media reports alleging Baku has proposed Yerevan to exchange prisoners of war (POW) as an ‘absolute lie’, stressing there are no people of such category in Armenia or Artsakh.
“Before I left the Defense Ministry, i.e. at 10:20am, there was no such a proposal. As a matter of legal practice, we receive such proposals mainly through the Red Cross channels,” he told a news briefing after the Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
“I have no idea what the talk is about given the fact that Armenia has no prisoners of war. There are no POWs both in Armenia and Artsakh. Our workstyle very transparent,” he said.
According to Balayan, such Azerbaijani reports are addressed to domestic and foreign stakeholders and are groundless.