In March, the European Court of Human Rights, where relatives of detainees have appealed for help, referred to 249 Armenians that had been allegedly captured by Azerbaijan and were still detention. The number of Armenian prisoners of war and other detainees still in Azerbaijani custody remains unclear.
When they are in Armenia, I will make a more detailed statement," he was quoted by Russia's TASS news agency as saying earlier.Īzerbaijani forces seized swaths of territory in and around the mountainous region during a short war with ethnic ArmeniaĪ Russian-brokered cease-fire ended six weeks of fighting and saw Russian peacekeepers deployed to some parts of the area. Fifteen of our captured brothers are returning home. He also apologized to families whose relatives have not yet returned. In a post to his Facebook page, Armenia's acting prime minister, Nikol Pashninan, confirmed the exchange and listed the names of those who were swapped, but gave no further details and made no mention of a map. "The 15 Armenian captives were turned over on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border with the participation of Georgian representatives," the ministry said. Azerbaijan said it handed over 15 Armenian prisoners of war in exchange for a map showing the location of land mines in part of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.Īzerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said the maps turned over by Armenian authorities detailed the location of nearly 100,000 land mines in the Agdam district of Azerbaijani, which is adjacent to the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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