Head of Working Group of Armenian State Commission: We understand very
well that we have come across the planned and implemented action of
Azerbaijani special services but not the will of the war prisoner

2009-03-12 14:25:00

ArmInfo. We understand very well that we have come across the planned
and implemented action of Azerbaijani special services but not the will
of the war prisoner, the head of the Working Group of Armenian State
Commission on captives, hostages and missing issues, Armen Kaprielyan,
said when commenting on transition of the Armenian captive soldier
Paruyr Simonyan to the third country.

‘The Azerbaijanis arranged the result which they were eager to reach
since May 2008: they think they gave a worthy reply to the noisy case
of Mamedov. I predicted such development of events from the very
beginning. But we shall never stand such fibs and propaganda which any
publications and statements regarding Paruyr Simonyan are full with…
I have always said and repeat now that Azerbaijanis have no equal in
the art of cramming, misinforming and anti-Armenian propaganda. All
these allegations, publications, press conferences are nothing but very
familiar well-prepared and primitive texts whose authors are, of
course, Azerbaijani special services. We are aware of the mess Samir
Mamedov’s case aroused in the Azerbaijani public. It was of a vital
importance for the Azerbaijani services to calm down the public and to
distract the attention of their compatriots from the numerous cases of
desertion by their soldiers. We are well aware of the outrage in the
Azerbaijani army. Many in Azerbaijan are aware of this as well. If the
Azerbaijani authorities are so humane, why do they sentence those who
return to Azerbaijan from hostage to long years of imprisonment?’, he
said.

‘As regards the transfer of the Armenian hostage to the third country,
Simonyan has a right to decide his destiny in compliance with the
International Humanitarian Law and the International of Human Rights
Law. This issue requires different approach. We are well aware that we
deal with the planned and fulfilled action by the Azerbaijani special
services and not a voluntary will expression by a hostage. They in
Armenia understand this, I think, and this will also become clear to
many Azerbaijanis later’, A. Kaprielyan said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress