Yes, if we have power, we are capable of returning the captives in 2-3 days. Arthur Vanetsyan

We have stated that if we come to power and can act on behalf of the state, using the state’s levers, then yes, we are capable of returning the captives in 2-3 days. This was mentioned today, June 23, at a press conference by Arthur Vanetsyan, the prime ministerial candidate of the "Honorary Mission" alliance and the president of the "Fatherland" party, addressing his well-known statement that he can return all captives in 3 days.

"I have said that if we come to power, our primary issues will be two: the rapid restoration of our security system and ensuring the protection of our borders, and secondly, solving the issue of returning the captives. After my famous statement, there have been speculations, asking, if you can resolve the captives' issue in three days, why don’t you resolve it now? However, we have stated that if we have power and can act on behalf of the state, using the state’s levers, then yes, we are capable of returning the captives in 2-3 days. You saw that in the last week of the electoral campaign, Nikol Pashinyan returned a group of 15 captives on the condition of exchanging mine maps. Now, if they could have given those maps to Azerbaijan and returned the captives, why didn’t they do that 6 months ago? Moreover, there was a statement from the Russian side in the press that when Muradov wanted those maps, the Armenian armed forces said that such maps do not exist in nature. Muradov had stated that in exchange for those maps, he could return all the captives in Azerbaijan," he said.