Trilateral Meeting of Prosecutors General of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan Held in Moscow

On January 12, a trilateral meeting was held at the initiative of the Attorney General of Russia, attended by Armenia's Attorney General Artur Davtyan, Azerbaijan's Attorney General Kamran Aliyev, and Russia's Attorney General Igor Krasnov, in Moscow within the framework of the events dedicated to the Day of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the further formation of international legal communication, the necessary conditions for it, as well as a number of current issues.

In this context, as a guarantee for the expansion of international legal cooperation, Artur Davtyan raised the necessity of the prompt implementation of the 8th point of the trilateral statement signed on November 9, 2020, regarding the ceasefire, the urgent return of Armenian prisoners of war and other individuals held in Azerbaijan to Armenia, and the guarantee of their life and health, as well as the protection of their other rights until their return.

The Attorney General of Armenia emphasized that the return of prisoners of war and civilians would be a crucial guarantee for the implementation of other agreements reached by the trilateral statement and for the consolidation of peace in the region.

In this regard, Artur Davtyan also raised the issue of keeping the region free from international terrorism and the common fight against it.

During the meeting, agreements were reached to continue discussions on the aforementioned issues as well as on other legal matters in a working mode.