Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in his address to the nation, reflected also on the non-inclusion of the issue of Armenian prisoners being held in Azerbaijan in the text of the peace agreement with Azerbaijan.

“The negotiations began in the spring of 2022, we have made serious efforts to include this issue. But as the negotiations dragged on, we realized that including the issue of our compatriots [being held in Azerbaijan] in the peace agreement could be interpreted as meaning that their return is a matter after the signing and ratification of the peace agreement. But we were not guided by that assumption.

And as a result of that, at the end of the negotiations on the text, 58 [Armenian] people returned from [Azerbaijani] captivity. If the issue had remained in the peace treaty, this would most likely not have happened. We are currently making great diplomatic efforts for this,” Pashinyan said.