Trial of representatives of the former leadership of Karabakh begins in Baku
The trial of 16 representatives of the former leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh has started in Baku, Report agency reported on January 17.
The cases are in the proceedings of the chairman of the Baku Military Court. Sessions will be held in Baku court complex in Govsan settlement of Surakhani district of the capital of Azerbaijan.
The defendants are Arkady Ghukasyan, Araik Harutyunyan, Bako Sahakyan, David Ishkhanyan, David Babayan, Leva Mnatsakanyan, David Manukyan, Garik Martirosyan, Melikset Pashayan, Davit Allahverdyan, Gurgen Stepanyan, Levon Balayan, Madat Babayan, Vasily Beglaryan, Eric Ghazaryan. In addition, the case of Ruben Vardanyan, former Minister of Karabakh, will be considered separately.
They are charged with war crimes, terrorism and financing of terrorism, murder, creation of illegal armed formations and other episodes.
It is specified that each of them was provided with the right to defense, use of language and other procedural rights.
Earlier, on January 9, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan offered Azerbaijan to give up mutual claims. He presented a list of proposals "to establish long-term stability in the world and the region." The day before, Pashinyan revealed that Yerevan had sent Baku proposals on two unagreed points of the draft peace treaty.
On October 23, 2024, it became known that the Armenian National Assembly ratified the provisions on border delimitation with Azerbaijan in the first reading. Sixty-seven deputies voted in favor of adopting the draft. They assume that disputes between the republics will be resolved not militarily or by force, but on a special platform.
The relations between the two countries have been aggravated, among other things, against the backdrop of disputed ownership of Nagorno-Karabakh. On October 5, 2023, Pashinyan signed a declaration recognizing Azerbaijan's borders, which included Nagorno-Karabakh.