EU representative calls for clarification after cruel video of violence against Armenians
A video showing the alleged execution of Armenian prisoners of war is currently shocking social media. Meanwhile, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met yesterday in Geneva for peace talks.
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After the publication of a video about an alleged execution of Armenian prisoners of war, the EU special representative Toivo Klaar calls for clarification. “If this video is used as authentic, then it is a war crime that must be investigated and the perpetrators punished,” he wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
Another horrific video has surfaced, apparently showing Armenian prisoners of war being executed. If this video proves authentic, then it is a war crime that must be investigated and the perpetrators punished.
— Toivo Klaar (@ToivoKlaar) October 2, 2022
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has blamed neighboring Azerbaijan without providing any evidence. “The international community should strongly condemn this war crime (…) and take appropriate measures,” he said.
MAJOR – A video has surfaced showing #Azerbaijan Troops execute captured Armenian troops presumably after overrunning their position, date unspecified (possibly around Sept. 13, 2022), location from terrain analysis suggests Lake Sev or Lake Sevan area, #Armenia but unconfirmed. pic.twitter.com/LLyRQHl9k9
— Nagorno-Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver) October 2, 2022
The two ex-Soviet republics have been at war with each other over the Nagorno-Karabakh region for centuries. More than 200 people were killed on both sides in an attack by Azerbaijan in mid-September. The authoritarian country justified this with an alleged previous Armenian provocation. This time, however, according to information from Yerevan, it was not the conflict region that was attacked, but REGIONS in the heartland of Armenia.
There have been reports of videos with gruesome scenes before. The Armenian Ministry of Defense now wanted to examine the video. But there is no doubt about the authenticity, it said. According to media reports, Azerbaijan wanted to check the authenticity of the recordings.
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to meet in Geneva
The chief diplomats of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Geneva on Sunday to discuss peace talks. The background to this was the recent border conflicts, which endangered the beginning normalization process between the two countries.
The meeting between Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Yeyhun Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirozyan began shortly after 7 p.m. in a Geneva hotel, not far from the United Nations headquarters.
The start of the meeting was announced by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a tweet. In the published photos, the two delegations can be seen sitting opposite each other in a room with the curtains closed.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pachinian said on Friday that his foreign minister and his Azerbaijani counterpart should meet in Geneva “to begin concrete talks on the text of a peace agreement.” The two foreign ministers met in New York on September 20 during talks mediated by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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