И.о. премьер-министра Армении Никол Пашинян
Pashinyan refused to exchange prisoners on the principle of "all for all"
Baku/20.11.18/Turan: Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is ready to meet with relatives of Berdavan Karen Ghazaryan, a resident of the village of Berdavan who is in Azerbaijani captivity. Pashinyan said this on November 20 at a press conference in Yerevan, commenting on the protests of residents who blocked the road between Armenia and Georgia.
Referring to the demands of the residents of Berdavan to secure the release of Ghazaryan at any cost, Pashinyan said that the decision should be in the interests of Armenia, - News.am quotes Pashinian. He recalled that another Armenian citizen Zaven Karapetyan is in Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani side proposes to change "everyone to everyone".
"Should we go for it?" And we asked the families of those killed," said Pashinyan, noting that Dilgam Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev were convicted of killing two people in Karabakh. "That is, to return to Azerbaijan two Ramil Safarovs?", said Pashinyan.
It should be noted that Askerov and Guliyev are kept in the Shusha prison, the third citizen of Azerbaijan Elnur Husenzade is sitting there. Apart from Karen Ghazaryan and Zaven Karapetyan, Arsen Baghdasaryan, sentenced to 15 years, is also in Azerbaijan. -02D-
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