03:13, 8 September 2021

Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange POWs

Screenshot of the video posted on the Telegram channel of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh https://t.me/RUS_peacekeeper/847

With the support of peacemakers, two soldiers who had been captured near the Black Lake in the Syunik Region have been returned to Armenia from Azerbaijan. One prisoner of war (POW) detained in Nagorno-Karabakh was delivered from Yerevan to Baku.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on July 3, 2021, in exchange for minefield maps in the Fizuli and Zangelan Districts, Azerbaijan returned 15 Armenian POWs; and in June, 15 people were returned in exchange for minefield maps in the Agdam District. On August 9, relatives of the Armenian POWs kept in Azerbaijan, including those convicted, protested outside the building of the Armenian Government.

Azerbaijan has returned two more Armenian POWs – Arthur Nalbandyan and Aramais Torozyan, the "News.am" reports. They got lost in the Syunik Region of Armenia on July 14.

The Armenian militaries were exchanged for the Azerbaijani soldier, Djamil Babaev, who was arrested on August 25 in Martakert for crossing the contact line.

This soldier of the Azerbaijani Army broke into a house in Martakert and threatened minors, the Nagorno-Karabakh Prosecutor's Office reported on August 26. The soldier had been treated in a mental clinic and escaped from there, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has explained.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 7, 2021 at 10:09 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Armine Martirosyan

Source: CK correspondent