YEREVAN. – By the example of what occurred with Hakob Injighulyan, the international community had an opportunity to become convinced of the outright lie by the Azerbaijani propaganda.

Armen Kaprielyan, who heads the working group of Armenia’s Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, told the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“The Azerbaijani propaganda was misleading the representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and [several] other international organizations for more than a year, by presenting the matter under a light that as if Hakob Injighulyan had stated on his own volition that he does not want to return [to Armenia] and had asked for asylum in a third country.

“Being deprived of the opportunity for free expression, [however,] he had to travel to a third country.

“Now, however, the whole world and the Azerbaijani community itself became convinced of the impudent lie by the Azerbaijani propaganda,” Kaprielyan stressed in particular.

Armenian soldier Hakob Injighulyan (born in 1991) was held captive in Azerbaijan for more than a year, subsequently transferred to a third country, and he ultimately returned to Armenia on October 2, 2014.

The former captive had told reporters that the Azerbaijanis had threatened to shoot him if he expressed a wish to return to his homeland, and therefore he was forced to state that he wants to go to a third country.

Upon his return to Armenia, Injighulyan underwent a medical examination, which revealed that the captivity had adversely affected his health.