Artsakh President convenes Security Council meeting 

ArmInfo.Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan convened a meeting of the Security 

Council.

According to the press service of the NKR leader, Harutyunyan 

informed the meeting participants about the steps being taken to 

clarify the fate of the citizens of the Republic of Artsakh, abducted 

by Azerbaijan today, and return them to their homeland.

They discussed the situation in Artsakh, possible developments and 

actions of the authorities in the direction of preventing a deepening 

humanitarian catastrophe and solving security problems.

Today, on August 28, Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies abducted 

three citizens of Artsakh Alen Sargsyan, Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon 

Grigoryan at an illegal checkpoint set up by enemy forces in the 

Kashatagh (Lachin) corridor. The young people were accompanied by 

Russian peacekeepers, and they were traveling to Armenia to study. 

This is the second time in the last month. Earlier, 68-year-old 

Artsakh resident Vagif Khachatryan, who was transferred to Armenia 

for treatment with the support of the ICRC, was abducted by enemy 

forces from the checkpoint.