As a continuation of urgent measures taken by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan to once again expose the aggressive nature of the Republic of Armenia in the international arena, individuals belonging to PKK-PYD-YPG terrorist organizations living in different parts of Iraq, as well as Lebanese citizen Vartkes and others The Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan has launched an investigation into the crimes committed by them.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, Aslan Murad Vartanyan, Bese Hozat and others summoned a group of PKK-PYD-YPG terrorists living in different parts of Syria, Lebanon and Iraq under the leadership of Lebanese Karadagh, Hemaran Kervachian and Sarvat Bagopshi. in March-April and September-November 2020, a citizen of the Republic of Lebanon named Vartkes and others in October 2020 entered into criminal relations with persons in the Republic of Armenia and the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the form of a criminal association. to enter the city of Khankendi and other occupied settlements illegally, to cross the well-known state border without the established documents and outside the checkpoints of the state border, ie through the territory of Armenia, to carry out anti-terrorist operations against civilians of the Republic of Azerbaijan It has been determined that the Armenian political forces are being used by the Armenian political-military regime as mercenaries. In addition, the members of this criminal group used ammunition, military equipment and opened fire, committing numerous crimes against civilians who did not take part in military operations with special cruelty and general danger, with the intention of national hostility, explosions and fires that threatened socially dangerous consequences. or participating in terrorist activities against the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan by committing other acts. In connection with the above-mentioned facts, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan violated Articles 100.2 (aggressive warfare), 120.2.1 (premeditated murder by a criminal organization), 318.2 (illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and other articles of the Criminal Code. Criminal proceedings were instituted and the investigation was entrusted to the Prosecutor General's Office. Currently, intensive investigative measures are being taken in both criminal cases.