ARMENIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY: ALL ARMENIAN SERVICEMEN ARE UNDER PROTECTION OF ARMENIA

ArmInfo
2009-03-20 14:40:00

ArmInfo. Armenian Defence Ministry recalls that all Armenian
servicemen, including war prisoners, are under protection of Armenia
and all the necessary actions will be taken in future as well
to protect them, press-secretary of the ministry, Colonel Seyran
Shaksuvaryan told ArmInfo.

‘Till today the Azerbaijani party via the ICRC has not submitted
any true documents regarding Armenian citizen, war prisoner Paruyr
Simonyan.

Moreover, Simonyan was not given an opportunity to make use of his
rights’, – he said.

‘Armenian Defence Ministry condemning any case of capturing an Armenian
soldier prisoner, has always attentively investigated all the facts,
watching all the circumstances and making the relevant conclusions’,
– statement of Armenian Defence Ministry says. The latter has also
applied to the Armenian servicemen which became captives or victims
of special services of Azerbaijan.

‘Soldiers, we understand very well in what unhuman conditions you
stay today. We are also aware of the harsh actions special services
of Azerbaijan can apply. You really broke the discipline norms of
the military service as a result of which you found yourselves in
the hands of the enemy. but you are the sons of your Motherland and
you should be sure that being answerable for your own mistakes is
the feature peculiar to an Armenian and soldier. To save your life
you can take any steps towards the enemy and lay your way back to
the Motherland. Remember, Motherland, your parents and relatives are
always waiting for your returning’, – the statement says.