Judicial process staged with Armenian captive aimed at equalizing him and Azerbaijani criminals kept in Karabakh: MFA spokesperson

By staging judicial process against Armenian captive Karen Ghazaryan who has health issues and appeared in Azerbaijan in unknown circumstance, Azerbaijan is trying to equalize him and Azerbaijanis convicted in Karabakh, MFA spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan told the reporters today.

“It was clear from the very beginning that the Azerbaijani authorities will try to play a performance presenting Karen Ghazaryan as a saboteur. While their first scenario failed as Ghazaryan has mental problems and could not have been conscripted for military service. Through international organizations Armenia has passed to Azerbaijan all the documents relating to health condition of Ghazaryan which though have completely been ignored by the Azerbaijani authorities,” Naghdalyan said.

“Staging a judicial process and filing grave charges against a person with health issues is a strict violation of international humanitarian rights. This lie is just aimed at presenting an innocent person as a criminal with it equalizing his status with the status of Azerbaijanis that committed crimes in Karabakh,” she said.