Prosecutor demanded 20 and 19 years of imprisonment for two Armenian POWs 

The illegal trial of the fabricated case of Armenian POWs Ishkhan Sargsyan and Vladimir Rafayelyan, whom Baku accuses of terrorism, continued in Azerbaijan today.

The state prosecutor demanded to sentence Ishkhan Sargsyan to 20 years in prison, and Vladimir Rafayelyan to 19 years.

FM of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

On February 28, within the framework of the High-level session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.

The interlocutors commended the dialogue established between Armenia and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Minister Mirzoyan noted that as a country directly affected by enforced displacement, Armenia has always supported the efforts of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees towards protecting the rights of victims of enforced displacement.

The Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan particularly stressed the importance of implementing humanitarian missions by international organizations in Artsakh, including the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, considering unacceptable the politicization of this issue by Azerbaijan and the creation of artificial obstacles.

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