Azerbaijan has arrested former Artsakh Foreign Minster Davit Babayan.

Babayan, who served as foreign minister from January 2021 to January 2023, announced on September 28 that he planned to surrender to Azerbaijani authorities in Shushi.

“You all know I am included Azerbaijan’s blacklist, and Azerbaijan has demanded my arrival in Baku for a relevant investigation. Today I decided to leave Stepanakert for Shushi,” Babayan wrote in a Facebook post.

Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General’s Office reports that Babayan has been charged with drafting and organizing aggressive warfare against Azerbaijan