We sumbitted ample evidence to court – Armenia’s representative

Armenia has provided ample evidence about captives that Azerbaijan admits and evidence that it doesn’t, Yeghishe Kirakosyan, the representative of the Republic of Armenia in the International Court of Justice told a press conference today dedicated to the December 7 ruling of the court.

“Armenia has presented evidence, including that the captives are being held in Baku on racial grounds, that is, they are Armenians and that is the reason why they are treated that way. The court simply differentiated between the motive for holding captives, the motive for treating persons, with which we, as a party, do not agree. Our arguments were that the anti-Armenian, racist atmosphere in Azerbaijan is at such a high level that the presence of Armenians in Azerbaijan is already a threat to their lives.”

The UN International Court of Justice has partially upheld Armenia’s complaint against Azerbaijan for violating the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination. However, the demand of the Armenian side to apply an interim measure to return the Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan was rejected.

The court partially upheld the similar lawsuit filed by Azerbaijan against Armenia.