Employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan in October this year.
Azerbaijani media reports suggest that they were met in private and were given the opportunity to exchange family news.
The ICRC had previously visited Armenian prisoners illegally detained in Azerbaijan in September.
According to official data, 23 Armenians are currently held in captivity in Azerbaijan, 17 of whom are persons captured as a result of the 2023 aggression against Artsakh.
Eight of them are Artsakh’s former military and political leaders, including former Presidents Arayik Harutyunyan, Bako Sahakyan and Arkady Ghukasyan, former State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, former presidential advisor David Babayan, last Artsakh parliament speaker David Ishkhanyan, as well as former Artsakh army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan and former deputy commander David Manukyan.
