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Ensuring Armenia’s security is among Russia’s priorities, says Ambassador Kopyrkin

Prosecutor-General of Armenia Anna Vardapetyan held a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin, Armenpress reports. 

The Ambassador congratulated Vardapetyan on assuming office and expressed conviction that the cooperation between the Armenian and Russian general prosecutions will be strengthened, the general prosecution said in a press release.

Vardapetyan asked the Ambassador to relay greetings to her Russian counterpart, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov and emphasized that she is ready to make maximum efforts to raise the reliable and collegial relations to a new qualitative level.

Before addressing issues pertaining to cooperation, Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan briefed the Russian Ambassador on the aftermath of the large-scale Azerbaijani aggression against sovereign territory of Armenia on September 13, emphasizing the necessity for immediately withdrawing the Azerbaijani troops from sovereign Armenian territory, repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war and unconditional preservation of the ceasefire.

The Prosecutor-General also spoke about the war crimes committed by the Azerbaijani military: the killings of Armenian prisoners of war, the torture of Armenian servicemembers, including women troops, and emphasized the need to bring to justice the perpetrators and organizers of war crimes committed both in the past and during this period.

Ambassador Kopyrkin said Russia is putting every effort to solve the voiced issues, and added that ensuring Armenia’s security is one of the priorities of Russia.

Other issues of mutual interest, mostly pertaining to legal mutual assistance, were also discussed.


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