Former Nagorno-Karabakh president calls on France to expert pressure  on Azerbaijan 

ArmInfo.Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the Nagorno- Karabakh in exile, calls on France to put 

pressure on Azerbaijan and make it release Armenian political prisoners. 

In an interview with Le Figaro, he said:

"According to our information, today there are 10 or 11 Armenians 

remaining throughout the territory of the former Republic of Artsakh 

. These are disabled or sick people, who cannot move around or who 

wish to stay near the graves of their loved ones. After the forced 

exodus of September 2023, their number was greater, but since then, 

several dozen Artsakhiotes who had decided to stay there have also 

preferred to go into exile in Armenia thanks to the Red Cross."

Regarding the issue of prisoners of war and civilians, Shahramanyan 

said that after the September aggression, in addition to taking 8 

former leaders of Artsakh hostage, Azerbaijan captured 7 more 

military personnel. In this regard, the President of Artsakh asked 

France to put pressure on Azerbaijan in order to release all Armenian 

prisoners. "I demand their immediate and unconditional release, as 

well as the release of all Armenian prisoners arbitrarily arrested, 

wrongfully imprisoned and victims of unfounded accusations.  And I 

ask France to put pressure on President Aliyev to achieve this 

release," the president said.