Tsikhanovskaya expressed her solidarity and thanked Prime Minister

Nikol Pashinyan

for his decision not to attend the CSTO summit in Minsk last November.

The Armenian delegation also discussed the case of Belarusian

Yaroslav Novikov

, detained at the request of Belarusian security forces.

The meeting took place in the European Parliament during the "Euronest" congress, at which

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

spoke .

In addition to Armenia, deputies from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova took part in the congress.

On March 17, it became known that four men were detained in Armenia at the request of the Belarusian authorities.

They are accused of evading military service.

The name of one of the detainees is Yaroslav Novikov.

The issue of extradition, which Armenian human rights defenders and Belarusian democratic forces are trying to prevent, is being resolved in court.

The issue of extradition is decided by the migration services of Armenia.

At this moment, there is no clarity in the matter.