More than 150 global humanitarian, political figures and business leaders have signed a letter calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the Armenian prisoners illegally held in Azerbaijan.
“Ucom is a people-centric company, and we believe in the power of good deeds. Among other initiatives we carry out for the community’s well-being, we aim to provide the utmost security to our fellow citizens. We want our compatriots forcibly displaced from Artsakh to know that they are not alone and that we will stand up with joint forces,” said Ralph Yirikian, director general of Ucom.
This is the vindictive enemy that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan naively believes he can sign a ‘Peace Treaty’ with. This unnecessary ‘Peace Treaty’ will actually undermine Armenia’s interests. Azerbaijan is already demanding that the rights of “Azeris expelled from Armenia” be included in such a treaty, thus providing the ground for future aggression and occupation by Azerbaijan. The Azeri letter to the UN in fact includes such an alarming provision: “the [Azeri] Community will aspire to include the creation of conditions for the return of Western Azerbaijanis to their homeland as an obligation of Armenia in the peace treaty to be concluded between Azerbaijan and Armenia.”
“As a national telecommunications operator, our commitment is to make the best services and opportunities available to everyone. The offer of the Unity regional package for our compatriots forcibly displaced from Artsakh was developed with special attention to ensure their connection with their relatives, to ease and simplify their life activities in these difficult times,” said Ralph Yirikian, Director General of Ucom.
—The violence and deprivation of aid in Nagorno-Karabakh during the majority of 2023 forced nearly all Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians to flee under the threat of ethnic cleansing or genocide.
The donation will assist over 100,000 forcibly displaced people from Artsakh now living in Armenia
Armenia- Country of Political Prisoners
On Nov. 10, 2020, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a ceasefire agreement in the Artsakh War.
On September 30, 2023, Azerbaijan’s President IlhamAliyev signed an order on the allocation of funding to the United Nations Human SettlementsProgramme (UN-Habitat).
As the four children of Ruben Vardanyan we respectfully call upon the world leaders, advocates for human rights, and the media to urgent help to free our father from illegal detention in Azerbaijan. We are concerned about his health and arbitrary treatment and have not been able to communicate with him since his capture. We fear for his wellbeing and risk to his life.