Armenia has done none of the very basic things for the Armenian hostages in Azerbaijan: Ruben Vardanyan’s lawyer

Jared Genser, the international lawyer for Ruben Vardanyan—who is illegally held in Baku—has made a new post on X, which reads:

“For example, when I represented two American hostages in Iran—Siamak Namazi and his Dad, the U.S. had a special presidential envoy for hostage affairs working on the case, the White House and State Department met regularly with the family of my clients, including with the Secretary of State, the U.S. had a U.S. Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy in Iran advocating for improved prison conditions and trying to monitor the trials, the President and Secretary of State spoke out publicly, U.S. diplomats advocated at the U.N. and with its allies asking for help, the U.S. asked for support from global religious leaders, and the U.S. imposed sanctions on Iranian officials responsible for the hostage taking.

This was all reasonable and proportionate for the United States. Yet to my surprise, as far as I can tell, Armenia has done none of these kinds of very basic things for the Armenian hostages in Azerbaijan.

So I ask Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan – do you agree doing these things are reasonable and proportionate or are you really saying that the kinds of efforts President Donald Trump has been taking to recover American hostages like Marc Fogel and Amcits from Belarus and Venezuela have been unreasonable and disproportionate?”