The information by a number of Azerbaijani mass media on the Armenian prisoner M. Saribekyan’s statement and video in Youtube is untrue, the Armenian Defense Ministry informed NEWS.am.

According to the statement, Saribekyan completed his army service in June 2010. He was demobilized and does not have any connection with the Armenian Special Forces.

“To present a lost sheep herder as a saboteur is another primitivism of Azerbaijan’s propaganda. The examination of the video proves Saribekyan was under moral and physical pressure,” the ministry said in a statement. According to the Defense Ministry, the Azerbaijani video is an attempt to destabilize the situation in the line of contact, deceive the nation and the world community. For these purposes, Azerbaijan blatantly violated the international rules on human rights.  The ministry urged the world community, particularly, OSCE, the International Committee of the Red Cross to focus their attention on to the Azerbaijani provocations and restrain them if possible.

Amid the letter by Saribekyan’s parents to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Azerbaijani authorities’ actions prove once again that Azerbaijan ignores rules of the international law and international organizations,” the statement reads.