“As someone who follows the Azerbaijani press on a daily basis, I can say that no one has been subjected to such organized and dangerous pressure as Vardanyan. The Azerbaijani side did not calm down even after illegally arresting Vardanyan in Baku. They link him with various forces, up to the Azerbaijani opposition. All this, of course, is not new, I have repeatedly written and spoken about it, noting also that all this hype around Vardanyan is related to his authority, capabilities and the fact that he failed to destroy all their agreements.

But there is a new component to this story. At the moment when Baku is discussing the possibility of a trial of illegally detained Armenians, the Armenian leadership led by Nikol Pashinyan begins to purposefully attack Vardanyan. Pashinyan raises unfounded, empty and dangerous for the state questions against him, which is typical of his style. He does this in a situation when Vardanyan is in prison in Baku and has no opportunity to respond or react”.