News - Red Cross representatives visit Karabakh ex-presidents imprisoned in Azerbaijan

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)  Baku Delegation representatives visited Nagorno-Karabakh former presidents Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan and Arayik Harutyunyan, former state minister Ruben Vardanyan, former foreign minister David Babayan, former Defense Army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan, and former National Assembly speaker Davit Ishkhanyan. "The visit took place on October 20, within the framework of ICRC standard procedures. The arrestees were given the opportunity to contact their relatives," Zara Amatuni, Communication and Prevention Program Manager of the ICRC Armenia office, told Armenian News-NEWS.am in response to the question as to the accuracy of the report by the Azerbaijani media, according to which the ICRC representatives had visited the former Nagorno-Karabakh officials who are in custody in Azerbaijan. "During October, the ICRC representatives once again visited all previously arrested Armenians in Azerbaijan. During the visit, they were given the opportunity to contact their relatives through various means of communication," added Amatuni.