It appears from the NSS of Artsakh that in 2023 on January 1, Toros Ghazaryan, a resident of Chartar town of Martunu region of Artsakh, who is engaged in cattle breeding, did not return home from the pasture, in connection with which search operations were initiated.

"Since there was a high probability that the latter, having health problems, could go astray to the territory under the control of the Azerbaijani armed forces, this was also reported to the leadership of the Russian peacekeeping troops in Artsakh in order to get information from the Azerbaijani side. From January 1 to today, the Azerbaijani side not only did not confirm but also denied T. Ghazaryan being under their control. In order not to endanger the life and health of our citizen, we continued the negotiations with the Azerbaijani side through the mediation of the peacekeepers without publicity, as a result of which Azerbaijan confirmed T. to convey to the Russian peacekeepers the circumstances of Ghazaryan's presence near them and in the blocked section of the Stepanakert-Goris highway, giving it other shades for political and propaganda reasons and giving the desired comments and evaluations.

Today's staging by the Azerbaijani side proves that their goal is not to face reality and accept it but to mislead the international community and the domestic audience with false theses and propaganda materials," the message states.