Bernhard Klazen: "We are not ready to deal with the problems of Azerbaijani war prisoners until Azerbaijan guarantees that they won't be convicted upon their return home"

The due announcement was made by Bernhard Klazen, co-chairman of the international work group, commenting on the recent activity of the work group and its future plans.

"The latest case is a case of former war prisoner Vusal Garajayev, who was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment for treason on May 15 of 2007. Vusal was captured by Armenians for three weeks in December of 2006. I can hardly imagine the grave crime he could have committed within such a short period of time, which would justify such a punishment".

He said that until Azerbaijan guarantees that war prisoners will not be convicted upon their return, the group is not ready to deal with their problems.

"In 2007 we did not deal with the release of war prisoners for this reason. We sent a letter to the President of Azerbaijan on this issue but there was no response. However, if Azerbaijan officially guarantees that the war prisoners are not convicted upon return, we will be ready to continue our work", he concluded.

/Day.Az/