Facebook* users have called for information about the fate of soldiers missing in the Karabakh wars.
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Another protest by the parents of Armenian soldiers missing in the 44-day war ended in a scuffle with military police. Facebook* users, commenting on the "Caucasian Knot" publication about the protest, noted the need to clarify the fate of all soldiers missing in action in Karabakh.
"Caucasian Knot" wrote that on September 27, relatives of soldiers missing in action during the 44-day war demanded a meeting with the leadership of the General Staff of Armenia to learn the fate of their children.
By October 2022, 217 people had been officially recognized as missing in action during the 44-day war in Armenia. The parents of soldiers whose fate remained unclear after the war periodically hold protests outside the Armenian Ministry of Defense and government buildings. According to the Red Cross, approximately 300 people are listed as missing in action during the 2020-2023 hostilities. Furthermore, several dozen families disagreed with the results of the examination that declared their relatives dead, insisting that their loved ones be listed as missing. The relatives of the soldiers spoke out against the dismissal of Armen Abazyan, head of the National Security Service of Armenia, who had carried out extensive work to search for the soldiers.
On September 29, representatives of the Armenian Ministry of Defense proposed that the parents of the missing soldiers form a group of three to four people to meet with Deputy Defense Minister Arman Sargsyan. However, the parents rejected this proposal, stating that all protest participants, approximately 30 people, should participate in the meeting, Panorama.am reports.
After this proposal was rejected, the parents blocked the gates of the Ministry of Defense, which led to a scuffle between them and military police officers.
"They've been chasing us back and forth for five years now. We came, blocked the gates of the Ministry of Defense, and demanded a meeting with Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Asryan and Kamo Vardanyan. We have questions that we need answers to. Over all these years, their answers have never satisfied us. But enough is enough, the cup of patience has run out," one of the protesters, Hovhannes Poghosyan, told reporters, threatening that protesters would begin blocking roads in the city.
A publication by the "Caucasian Knot" about the protest by relatives of Armenian soldiers who went missing in The 44-day war on Facebook* has garnered 139 comments as of 3:00 AM Moscow time today, September 30. The post essentially sparked a debate between users with Azerbaijani and Armenian names, with the former outnumbering the latter. They were, in fact, the first to leave comments. It's noteworthy that many commenters noted the need to clarify the fate of missing soldiers, including fighters from both sides.
The comment with the most likes—20—was by user Rustam Javadov, who wrote, "That's right, and the 4,000 Azerbaijanis who went missing in the 1990s need to be found."
Another popular comment, with 19 likes, was by Samedov Vusal: "No matter what happens, they are mothers and have the right. Let the authorities return their sons to them now. If, of course, they can. The people and their children shouldn't pay for the government's mistakes."
Kira George expressed outrage that some users were using laughing emojis under the post. "Look who's using laughing emojis, and now imagine that we want peace with them. Pashinyan is not Armenia," she wrote. In response, user Borchert Mina claimed that Armenian commentators were "putting smiley faces over the mourning of the Azerbaijani people," adding, "all is fair in war."
Many commentators claim that Armenian soldiers died on foreign soil. User Katya Grigoryan countered that Karabakh is Armenian land, while accusing the Bolsheviks of trying to pit the two peoples against each other. Vusal Samedov recalled that "Armenia recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan."
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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415873