Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, urging him to continue the dialogue with Armenia and release all the remaining Armenian prisoners of war (POWs).

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that 39 citizens of Armenia are still in Azerbaijani captivity, the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has informed, proposing to involve the international community in their return. Relatives of the POWs are repeatedly holding protests demanding their return to their homeland; on June 28, such an action was held in Gyumri.

Let us remind you that Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Premier, stated that "more than 90% of the confirmed Armenian POWs were taken prisoner after the entry of Russian peacemakers into Nagorno-Karabakh, into their responsibility zone."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on at 02:48 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

See earlier reports:

Relatives of Armenian POWs call on Russia to assist in their release, Azerbaijan hands eight POWs over to Armenia, Relatives of missing soldiers achieve meeting with Pashinyan.

Source: Caucasian Knot

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