The Foreign Minister of Artsakh David Babayan appealed to the specialized bodies of the UN and the Council of Europe, as well as the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman of the OSCE Chairman in connection with the situation with Armenian military personnel and civilians who illegally held Azerbaijan. In particular, it is noted that Azerbaijan, violating a tripartite statement of leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan dated November 9, 2020, in December of the same year attacked and occupied Sela Khtsabd and Hin Tager of the Gadrutsky district of Artsakh and captured 64 military personnel of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh. "Subsequently, the Azerbaijani authorities declared their intention to initiate criminal cases against prisoners of war, which is a gross violation of international humanitarian law," they recalled the press service of the Mid of Artsakh. In the letters it is indicated that international humanitarian law, in particular, the Geneva Conventions, do not cease to act After signing the cease-fire statement, therefore, the military servicemen are prisoners of war under the article of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war (III) and must be repatriated upon completion of hostilities. Criminal prosecution of the prisoners of war to Azerbaijan only for their participation in hostilities is a gross violation of the Third Geneva Convention. In the letters it is also noted that Azerbaijan delays the return of the remaining military personnel and civilians who have fallen into Azerbaijani during and after armed aggression against the Republic of Artsakh, unleashed by Azerbaijan 27 September 2020. It is emphasized that such a position of Azerbaijan contradicts its obligations to fully implement the tripartite statement according to its spirit and the letter in order to heal the RAS, inflicted by a bloody conflict. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh encourages to take urgent measures to ensure the implementation of the Geneva Conventions and fulfill its obligations taken in The framework of these contracts for the protection of all the rights of the rendered prisoners of war and civilians.