I Express My Personal Willingness to Exchange for Each of Our Prisoners of War. Vilen Gabrielyan

Vilen Gabrielyan, director of the "Expert Center for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Technologies Named After Academician Emil Gabrielyan," wrote on his Facebook page: "Hello friends, I have come to apologize to everyone for what I am about to say, starting with my mother and my son living in Switzerland, ending with my ideological and not only ideological friends. I also want to say that I understand this might be viewed as publicity, and not just publicity, but may also somewhat oppose certain things. Apparently, in the current situation of our society, this is understandable, but if I have earned a bit of respect over these years, my request is to consider my statement more in a human, moral context, as much as you can, but try to do so. Because I understand that my words may sound populist, but believe me, that is only when we wish to view the issues through personal prisms rather than a universal lens.

I appeal to Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan and Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan. Honorable gentlemen, I, Vilen Gabrielyan, a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, ask you to accept this statement not only with acknowledgment but to announce publicly that starting from December 2 at 00:00, I express my personal willingness to exchange for each of our prisoner of war at every subsequent moment.

Thank you for your attention, with utmost respect, the Oarsman."