Khankendi, Azerbaijan, April 14. The
preliminary investigation into criminal cases involving 16
individuals accused of war crimes has been concluded in Azerbaijan,
said the country’s Prosecutor General, Kamran Aliyev, Trend reports.
Speaking during a conference in Khankendi on “Heydar Aliyev and
Sovereign Azerbaijan,” Aliyev confirmed that the investigation was
finished concerning charges related to crimes against humanity, war
crimes, and offenses committed by the Armenian military and its
illegal armed formations, including the so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic,” established by Armenia on Azerbaijan’s occupied
territories. These cases have now been forwarded to the Baku
Military Court for further judicial proceedings.
“These criminal cases have been forwarded to the Baku Military
Court for examination on the merits, and the trial is currently
underway,” he said.
Aliyev emphasized that holding the event in Khankendi, a city
that had been under occupation for decades, at the newly opened
Karabakh University reflects the political competence and resolute
will of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev,
as well as the courage of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
“We are confident that the cooperation between the General
Prosecutor’s Office and Garabagh University will develop, and
mutual collaboration will continue successfully. The historic
victory achieved in the 44-day Second Karabakh War, which began in
2020 with a counteroffensive by the Azerbaijani army under the
leadership of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, led to the liberation
of our territories that had been under occupation for nearly three
decades, and the full restoration of our state’s territorial
integrity,” he added.
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