On December 21, sitting of the Armenian Committee on Prisoners of War, Missing Persons and Hostages chaired by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan was held in Yerevan today.

During the sitting the participants discussed activities carried out in 2010 and plans for 2011, RA Defense Ministry press service informed NEWS.am.

The members of the committee stated that the process of returning captives to their Motherland is rather slow, as the Azerbaijani side does not show enough readiness and resoluteness.  

The gathered stressed importance of increasing effectiveness of captives’ return. They noted that some facts, in particular Manvel Saribekyan’s torture by Azerbaijan, as well as the fact that information on Arthur Badalyan’s captivity was confirmed with 1.5 year delay, prove that the Azerbaijani leaders are restricting activities of the ICRC Baku office.