Ruben Vardanyan's Lawyer on Pashinyan's Statement

Jared Genser, the international lawyer for Ruben Vardanyan, who is being illegally held in a Baku prison, has made a new post on X. He stated, "I fully agree with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that he should make 'reasonable' and 'proportional' efforts to free my client Ruben Vardanyan, as well as other Armenian Christian political prisoners and captives held in Azerbaijan."

According to the lawyer, all points of the list are taken exclusively from examples of what and how other governments have done regarding the release of foreign hostages during my 25 years of work. "After all, Armenian hostages certainly deserve at least the same assistance as has been provided in the case of other governments. For example, when I represented the interests of two American hostages in Iran, Siah Namazi and his father, the U.S. appointed a special envoy for hostages, who worked on that issue. The White House and the State Department, including the Secretary of State, regularly met with my clients' families. The United States had a 'U.S. Interests Section' at the Swiss Embassy in Iran, which advocated for the improvement of prison conditions and tried to monitor court proceedings. The U.S. President and Secretary of State publicly advocated for their release, and American diplomats, together with their allies, petitioned at the UN for assistance, seeking support from global religious leaders. The U.S. imposed sanctions on those Iranian officials responsible for the hostage-taking. All of this was very reasonable and proportional by the U.S. government.

However, to my surprise, as far as I can tell, Armenia has not undertaken any of these basic actions for Armenian hostages held in Azerbaijan. Therefore, I ask Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan: Do you agree that such actions are reasonable and proportional, or do you truly insist that the efforts made by President Trump regarding the release of American Mark Fogel from Belarus and six American hostages from Venezuela were unreasonable and disproportionate?" concluded Jared Genser.