Relatives of soldiers killed in Karabakh demanded a meeting with Pashinyan.

Relatives of soldiers buried in Nagorno-Karabakh are demanding the exhumation of their bodies and their return to Armenia for reburial, but all letters addressed to the country's prime minister are being redirected to other agencies. Relatives of the soldiers, at a protest outside the government building, demanded a personal meeting with Nikol Pashinyan on this issue.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that a participant in a solo picket called on the Armenian authorities and the prosecutor's office to expedite her legal battle with the manufacturer of a tombstone for the grave of her son, who died in Karabakh in 2023. Government representatives refused to intervene in the legal dispute.

"We've been working on this issue since the first day of our arrival in Armenia. We've contacted all the agencies, the Red Cross, we've sent letters to the Prime Minister, we've contacted staff, from there we were referred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they said the matter isn't within their jurisdiction," News.Am quotes Bella Galstyan, the sister of deceased soldier Sasun Avanesyan.

According to protesters, letters addressed to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan are being forwarded to the National Security Service, but a meeting with the head of the NSS has been unsuccessful. "Why are you sending our letters to the NSS? We understand perfectly well that such an issue cannot be resolved without the head of the country. At least we were able to meet with former NSS head Abazyan, who said this issue is their focus, but we cannot meet with newly appointed head Simonyan; they say he has a very busy schedule," said Bella Galstyan.

Protesters submitted another letter to the Prime Minister's Office demanding a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan.

One of the protesters stated that if they do not receive a clear response to their letter this time, the relatives of the fallen servicemen will hold a sit-in protest outside the government building next week, according to the publication.

As a reminder, on September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan carried out large-scale military operations and took control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which began a mass exodus of the Armenian population. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh had arrived in Armenia. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Beginning and End of the Unrecognized Republic of Artsakh".

After the exodus of the Armenian population from Nagorno-Karabakh, no more than 40 residents remained there, including ethnic Armenians, former State Minister Artak Beglaryan stated on October 14, 2023. Earlier, on October 2, 2023, the UN mission stated that between 50 and 1,000 ethnic Armenians remained in Karabakh. The original UN statement citing these figures was published on the "Caucasian Knot". By early September 2024, 14 Armenians remained in the region. One of the last Armenian residents of Karabakh, 70-year-old Vera Aghasyan, died at the end of October 2024.

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