The Azerbaijani Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that Davit Babayan, the former “foreign minister” of the so-called Armenian regime in the Karabakh region, was detained.
HE WAS COORDINING TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
Following the anti-terrorism operation carried out in Karabakh on September 19-20, Azerbaijan captured another administrator of the so-called Armenian regime, which committed terrorism crimes in the region. In the statement made by the Azerbaijani Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, it was announced that 50-year-old Davit Babayan, who served as the deputy head of the presidential office, the presidential advisor in charge of foreign affairs and the minister of foreign affairs of the so-called Armenian regime between 2013 and 2023, was detained yesterday. It was stated that Babayan coordinated the activities of terrorist groups during the 2nd Karabakh War and Azerbaijan’s anti-terrorism operations in Karabakh.
HE ORGANIZED ATTACKS THAT CAUSED THE DEATH OF MANY CIVILIANS
It was stated that reasonable suspicions were detected that Babayan organized crimes related to the deliberate killing and wounding of many civilians by targeting civilian settlements in Ganja, Azerbaijan, with ballistic missiles on October 17, 2020. Regarding Babayan, the Azerbaijani Criminal Code includes “initiating, planning and waging war”, “recruiting, financing, training and supplying firearms to mercenaries”, “violation of international humanitarian law norms in war”, “ordering to commit crimes during armed conflict”, It was noted that on October 28, 2020, Azerbaijani courts issued an arrest warrant in absentia and an international search warrant was issued for the crimes of “organizing terrorism” and “organizing the incitement of ethnic discrimination”. (UAV)