Azerbaijan: Political Prisoners
Commons · Question 5931 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Azerbaijani counterpart on the detention of (a) Ruben Vardanyan and (b) Armenian political prisoners in Baku.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 14 Oct 2024
The UK Government is aware of the detention of Ruben Vardanyan and other ethnic Armenians as a result of September 2023's military action in Nagorno-Karabakh. We have consistently urged the Azerbaijani authorities, including ahead of COP29, to ensure that...