Hospital in Khankendi
The body of Vera Agasyan, a 70-year-old Armenian woman who passed away on October 20 in Khankendi, remains unclaimed after 25 days.
Ilaha Huseynova, head of public relations at the ICRC's Azerbaijan office, told Turan news agency that the organization is in contact with relevant parties both inside Azerbaijan and abroad to resolve the matter. "We continue to work closely with all stakeholders involved," she stated.
Agasyan, a resident of Khankendi in the Karabakh region, died of acute pulmonary heart failure caused by a pulmonary artery thrombosis, according to an autopsy by Azerbaijan's Ministry of Health. Despite repeated appeals from her four children to leave Karabakh during the September 2023 evacuation, Agasyan chose to remain. Armenian media have reported that she suffered from mental health issues.
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Health confirmed that Agasyan had received medical and social assistance while she was alive, including necessary health check-ups conducted by local specialists.
Following her death, Agasyan’s daughter, residing in Yerevan, contacted the Armenian branch of the ICRC, requesting that her mother’s body be transported to Armenia for burial. Zara Amatuni, a representative of the Armenian ICRC office, said on October 25 that they were in contact with the family in Armenia and expressed readiness to provide assistance. However, the body remains in Khankendi as of mid-November.
Politics
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has firmly rejected Azerbaijan's demands to amend Armenia’s constitution to renounce territorial claims as a prerequisite for a peace agreement between the two nations. Pashinyan emphasized that Armenia’s constitution contains no territorial claims against Azerbaijan, underscoring that constitutional amendments under Baku’s pressure are not being considered.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday urged the Azerbaijan government to release human rights champion Rufat Safarov 'immediately' – as well as all the other journalists, rights defenders, political opponents, and others that are unjustly detained, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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Azerbaijan is closely monitoring developments in Syria and, in this context, is conducting consultations with its brotherly partner, Turkey. This was stated in a press release issued by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on the evening of December 10 regarding the latest situation in Syria.
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The preliminary investigation into the case of Aziz Orujov, the director of the internet TV channel Kanal-13, has been completed and the case has been sent to the Sabail District Court in Baku, reported his lawyer, Bakhruz Bayramov. According to the lawyer, the defense will request the termination of the criminal case, as Orujov's guilt has not been proven during the preliminary investigation. Orujov denies the charges and links the case to his professional journalistic activities.
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