Defense Minister of Armenia, the Head of the Armenian State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons Davit Tonoyan received today Armen Ghazaryan, the father of Karen Ghazaryan sentenced to 20 years in jail in Azerbaijan.

As the press department at the ministry reported, the Head of the state commission informed Ghazaryan that the Armenian side is intensively working to bring Ghazaryan to Armenia in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross in Armenia, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs as well as international structures dealing with human rights.

To remind, Ghazaryan accidentally crossed the border with Azerbaijan on July 15, 2018 and was sentenced to 20 years of prison days ago charged with attempting to carry out terrorist attacks in Azerbaijan. 34-year-old Ghazaryan, whom the Azerbaijani authorities are trying to present as a ‘saboteur’, has a history of mental illness, which has prevented him from being conscripted for military service.