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The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention will discuss the ways in which it could help Artsakh’s current and former leaders as well as civilians held captive in Azerbaijan, MP Taguhi Tovmasyan said on Wednesday.

"The Executive Director of the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, Ms. Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, responding to my letters warning about the illegal abductions of our compatriots, military and political leaders and peaceful inhabitants of Artsakh by the dictatorial administration of Azerbaijan, expressed her solidarity with regard to the early return of illegal abductions," Tovmasyan, chair of the Armenian parliament's Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

“Dear Ms. Tovmasyan,

Thank you very much for your correspondence regarding the Armenian hostages in Azerbaijan.

We are very concerned and committed to ensuring that no harm comes to the current hostages and that they are quickly released along with hostages from the 44-Day war.  I will meet with our team to discuss some of the ways in which the Lemkin Institute might be able to be of help.

I hope to have more information for you very soon," von Joeden-Forgey said in response to the MP's letters.