Yerevan
A thousand people took to the streets of the Armenian capital Yerevan on Sunday demanding the authorities to take action for finding soldiers missing in recent fighting with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The protesters, including several local celebrities, marched through Yerevan holding up photos of the missing soldiers and posters that read “Help return our captives”.
At the start of the march, the demonstrators read out a letter addressed to the Russian ambassador in Yerevan asking him to “personally intervene in the process” and pass on their request to Moscow.
The six weeks of fighting over the restive region were halted by a Russia-brokered peace deal that was signed by the ex-Soviet rivals on November 9.
Under the document, Azerbaijan reclaimed swathes of territories that for three decades were held by Armenian separatists.
The accord also provided for the exchange of prisoners and bodies.
AFP journalists reported that a smaller gathering of 30 people took place on Saturday in Karabakh’s main city Stepanakert.–AFP
