The court case of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) citizen Arsen Baghdasaryan has commenced in Azerbaijan.

APA news agency of Azerbaijan reported about the aforementioned citing the Republican Military Prosecutor’s Office of the country.

Within the framework of this hastily concocted case, the NKR citizen is charged with conducting sabotage operations.

“Bagdasaryan faced charges under the [Azerbaijani] Criminal Code’s articles #218.2 (participation in criminal community), 29,120.2.1 (attempt to a deliberate murder by group of persons, on preliminary arrangement by group of persons, by organized group or criminal community), 29,120.2.7 (attempt to a deliberate murder of two or more persons), 29,120.2.12 (attempt to a deliberate murder on motive of national, racial, religious hatred or enmity), 29,282.2 (attempt to commitment of explosion, arson or other actions directed on destruction or damage of enterprises, constructions, means of communication, means of message and communication, objects of life-support of a population with a view of undermining defensibility and economic safety of the Azerbaijan Republic) and the criminal case was investigated and sent to the court,” the agency cites its sources.

The Azerbaijani authorities’ actions against Baghdasaryan were a unique response to the NKR’s arrest and imprisonment of Azerbaijani saboteurs Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev.

To note, the case of Arsen Baghdasaryan was a vivid illustration of the violation of international human rights. The Azerbaijani authorities had not permitted the International Committee of the Red Cross representatives to see him for 1.5 months since his capture. Baghdasaryan was taken into Azerbaijan captivity on December 26 of the year past.