The video of the detention of former Minister of State of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan was published on the internet. The video was published by Telegram channel “Armenian revenge”.
In the published images, four security forces are seen walking behind a man believed to be Vardanyan.
Previously Azerbaijan Border Service approved Vardanyan’s detention and publication of the relevant photo. The businesswoman was detained at the Lachin province border exit point while heading from Karabakh to Armenia. Azerbaijani border guards took him to Baku “to make an appropriate decision.”
Before the official reaction, Vardanyan’s wife announced her husband’s arrest.
“This morning, my husband Ruben Vardanyan, philanthropist, businessman and former Minister of State of the Republic of Artsakh, was arrested and captured by Azerbaijani authorities at the border while trying to leave Artsakh along with thousands of Armenians,” Veronica Zonabend said. he wrote on social media.
On September 19, Azerbaijani authorities announced a local operation in Karabakh. Baku announced the purpose of the operation as “suppression of large-scale provocations”, disarmament and withdrawal of Armenian army units from the territory of the region.
A day later, between the parties, with the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, achieved ceasefire agreement.
Formerly Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the name Armenia and Azerbaijan are returning to a diplomatic solution on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.