Armenia, Azerbaijan Exchange More Prisoners
Փետրվար 10, 2021
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Armenia and Azerbaijan have exchanged more prisoners in line with the Russian-brokered agreement that stopped the war in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 10.
Five Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) were flown to Yerevan by a Russian plane and immediately taken to a military hospital for examination late on Tuesday.
According to Lieutenant-General Rustam Muradov, the commander of Russian peacekeeping forces stationed in Karabakh, Armenia repatriated an Azerbaijani captive earlier in the day.
Armenian Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutiunian thanked Muradov for facilitating Armenian-Azerbaijani prisoner exchanges and assisting in the continuing search for missing Armenian soldiers when they met in Yerevan on Wednesday.
More Armenian POWs Freed By Azerbaijan
Հունվար 28, 2021
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Azerbaijan released on Thursday five more Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) in line with the Russian-brokered agreement that stopped the war in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 10.
They were flown to Yerevan by a Russian plane and immediately taken to a military hospital for examination.
A senior Karabakh official, Boris Avagian, told reporters that the five men were among 62 Armenian soldiers who were taken prisoner in early December when the Azerbaijani army seized the last two Armenian-controlled villages in Karabakh’s Hadrut district occupied by it during the six-week war.
Azerbaijani officials have branded those soldiers as “saboteurs” and “terrorists,” signaling Baku’s intention to prosecute them on relevant charges. Yerevan has condemned those plans as a gross violation of international law and the Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Pashinian Again Faulted For Lack Of Progress On Armenian POWs
Հունվար 20, 2021
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Opposition lawmakers continued to deplore on Wednesday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s failure to secure the release of Armenian soldiers and civilians held by Azerbaijan more than two months after the Russian-brokered ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The ceasefire agreement that stopped the Armenian-Azerbaijani war on November 10 calls for the unconditional exchange of all prisoners held by the conflicting parties.
So far 54 Armenians have been freed and returned home in prisoner exchanges facilitated by Russia. More than 100 others remain in Azerbaijani captivity.
Pashinian discussed their fate with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during their January 11 talks in Moscow hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. They failed to reach any agreements on the issue.
The two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament claimed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian failed to achieve anything during his talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
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