Nalbandian: Armenia cannot descend to level of Azerbaijan
ArmInfo.Armenia cannot descend to the level of Azerbaijan. On March 10, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated in Yerevan during a joint press conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotsias, answering the question how justified is the fact that Armenia always unilaterally returns the bodies of Azerbaijani saboteurs.
According to him, the preached humanitarian values of the civilizes world differs from Azerbaijani state, where saboteurs and murderers are declared national heroes. "Both Armenia and Artsakh are for implementation of the international norms and conventions, one of which is exactly about the enemy mortal remain. But we speak not only about conventions or international rights, one just should remain a human even if the enemy behaves like a non human. This is the difference between Armenia and Azerbaijan", Nalbandian resumed.
To note, On February 25, at 03:00 and 04:00 hours, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces attempted to attack the southeast (Martuni) and eastern (Akna) directions of the contact line using appropriate special equipment for demining. The advanced units of the Defense Army, including the means of video surveillance, timely detected the enemy's offensive and threw them back to their original positions. The enemy retreated, carrying losses. Several bodies remained in the neutral zone. On February 27, with the help of the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the bodies of Azerbaijani saboteurs were taken out of the neutral zone. In January of the current year, Armenia handed over the body of an Azerbaijani serviceman who was killed while repulsing another attempt of sabotage penetration.
Remarkable is the fact that In November 2014, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces shot down the Mi-24 of the NKR Armed Forces, during a week they did not allow the Armenian side to take back the remains of the bodies of the pilots who remained in the neutral territory. As a result, the NKR armed forces were forced to undertake a night special operation to evacuate bodies of Armenian servicemen.