YEREVAN. – Defendants Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev, the two members of an Azerbaijani intelligence-gathering sabotage team that had infiltrated into the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), should be tried in accordance with international norms.

Karabakh War hero, Lieutenant General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan told about the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“It shall be proved to the world yet again that the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic [NKR] is a lawful country, and not savage like Azerbaijan,” Ter-Tadevosyan stated.

Dilham Askerov is charged with espionage; unauthorized border trespass; kidnapping and violence against a minor, committed by an organized group; murder committed by an organized group motivated by ethnic hatred; and attempt of murder of two persons, committed by an organized group, motivated by ethnic hatred. Shahbaz Guliyev is charged with espionage; unauthorized border trespass; kidnapping and violence against a minor, committed by an organized group; and murder committed by an organized group motivated by ethnic hatred.

The trial on the criminal case into defendants Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev is coming to an end at NKR capital city Stepanakert seat of the First Instance General Jurisdiction Court of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The trial had begun on October 27, and the prosecution and the defense will make their final statements on December 12. The verdict on the saboteurs is expected to be announced before the end of the year.