Tsarukyan urges IOC chief to contribute to release of Armenians held in Baku 

Armenian National Olympic Committee President Gagik Tsarukyan called on Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to utilize diplomatic channels and authority to release Armenians held captive in Baku.

“I urge you to utilize your peaceful diplomatic channels and authority during the Paris Olympic Games to contribute to the release of arbitrarily detained citizens of the Republic of Armenia from the prisons of Baku, as a gesture towards establishing long-term and unequivocal peace, thereby fostering greater confidence in the prospects for peace in our region,” Tsarukyan said in a letter.