In a letter addressed to the Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) —amidst the ongoing sham trials of Armenian POWs and former Artsakh leaders in Baku— Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly strongly denounces Azerbaijan’s aggressive rhetoric and calls for:
• The unconditional release of all Armenian prisoners of war and arbitrarily detained ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan;
• The respect for Armenia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity;
• The safe and dignified return of Armenian civilians to their ancestral lands and cooperation on demining;
• The preservation of Armenian cultural heritage; and
• The resolution of the Artsakh issue through the OSCE Minsk process, in line with the Helsinki principles and the need for a just and durable peace in the South Caucasus.