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Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange first prisoners after Karabakh war

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epa08874779 Azerbaijani soldiers during a military parade dedicated to the victory in the Nagorno-Karabakh armed conflict, in Baku, Azerbaijan, 10 December 2020. The simmering territorial conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh territory erupted into a war between the two countries on 27 September 2020 along the contact line of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (also known as Artsakh). On 09 November 2020 Presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia and Armenian Prime Minister signed a joint statement announcing a complete ceasefire and halt of all military operations in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, and return of the Aghdam, Kalbajar and Lachin districts to Azerbaijan. EPA-EFE/ROMAN ISMAYILOV

Armenia and Azerbaijan have begun exchanging groups of prisoners of war, part of an “all for all” swap mediated by Russia after a bloody conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday.

The six-week conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over the region and its surrounding areas was brought to a halt by a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal last month.

The fighting locked in territorial gains for Azerbaijan and has stoked anger in Yerevan, prompting street protests against Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Russian peacekeeping forces have deployed in the region.

Late on Monday, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said a group of 44 Armenian prisoners had returned to Armenia after Russian mediation, the Interfax news agency reported.

A Russian military aircraft also flew a group of 12 Azeri prisoners to Baku as part of the same swap, Rustam Muradov, the commander of Russia’s peacekeeping forces, said in a defence ministry video published on Tuesday.

Azeri authorities confirmed their arrival.

via Reuters

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