David Ishkhanyan testifies at sham Azeri trial

A court in Baku on Monday resumed the sham trial of Artsakh's former military and political leaders.

According to Azerbaijani media reports, prosecutors presented a video allegedly showing the “occupation of the Martuni region by Armenian forces.” The footage featured Serzh Sargsyan, who led the Nagorno-Karabakh Self-Defense Committee at the time, along with Monte Melkonian and David Ishkhanyan, a former Artsakh parliament speaker.

Based on the footage, prosecutors posed a series of questions to Ishkhanyan. In response, he stated, “They had come to my battalion and familiarized themselves with the situation at the combat positions.”

Several so-called “victims” were also questioned during the hearing.

The next court hearing has been scheduled for May 8.