Paul Fletcher MP – Federal Member for Bradfield has penned a powerful letter to the Azerbaijani Embassy calling for the immediate release of Mr Davit Ishkhanyan, former Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh.
The letter addressed to Mr Vagif Jafarov, Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, calls on the Azerbaijani representative to provide regulars updates as to the condition of Mr Ishkhanyan’s mental and physical health on a monthly basis.
Mr Ishkhanyan is one of twenty three Armenian Hostages known to be held captive by Azerbaijani forces since the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh.
The letter reads: “I had the pleasure of personally meeting with Mr Ishkhanyan in our Federal Parliament alongside a dozen of my parliamentary colleagues back in 2019 and thus the conditions of his arrest and detention by the State Security Service of Azerbaijani are of particularly special concern to me.”
Mr Fletcher ended his letter with the following powerful remarks: “The world is watching Azerbaijan. Australia is watching Azerbaijan.”
The Armenian National Committee of Australia has expressed its deep gratitude to Mr Fletcher for his powerful letter and commitment to the release of all Armenian Hostages.