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    OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS TO APPLY TO NKR FOR POW EXCHANGE

    news.am
    Nov 1 2010
    Armenia

    Under the Astrakhan Declaration, the Armenian President, as well as
    the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, are to apply to the Nagorno-Karabakh
    authorities on order to exchange the POWs, Vahan Hovhannisyan,
    a Board member, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnakstutyun
    (ARF-D), told journalists Nov. 1.

    According to him, its, at least, a mandatory requirement for the
    OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. "The Astrakhan declaration is a really
    humanitarian one. It will produce a positive result only after
    they apply to the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities," Hovhannisyan
    said. As regards the unfavorable wordings contained in the OSCE
    Minsk Group's statements, he pointed out that if they co-chairs
    call Stepanakert Hankendi, they should also call Lachin Berdzor,
    and Kelbajar Karvachar. "The parity means parity principle," he said.

    As regards exchange of POWs, Hovhannisyan said that the shepherd
    murdered in Azerbaijan was a civilian, not a POW. "As to the ones
    who crossed the border on their own will, let them stay there - we
    do not have to demand their return. Now imagine, an Armenian POW is
    in Azerbaijan, and an Azeri one is in Armenia. The Azeri POW was many
    times raped in his military unit and forced into fleeing to Armenia.

    Should we hand this boy over to Azerbaijan? They will convict him
    for 20 years as a traitor. Would it be humane to hand over a young
    man who fled on his own will? Some people fled from Armenia, and it
    would be absurd to demand their return. If a fugitive, let us say
    goodbye to him," Hovhannisyan said.




    From: A. Papazian
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