In a letter addressed to the Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC)—amidst the ongoing sham trials of Armenian POWs and former Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) leaders in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan—Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, strongly denounces Azerbaijan’s aggressive rhetoric, the ANCC informed.

Also, she calls for:

  • The unconditional release of all Armenian prisoners of war and arbitrarily detained ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan;
  • The respect for Armenia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity;
  • The safe and dignified return of Armenian civilians to their ancestral lands and cooperation on demining;
  • The preservation of Armenian cultural heritage; and
  • The resolution of the Artsakh issue through the OSCE Minsk process, in line with the Helsinki principles and the need for a just and durable peace in the South Caucasus.