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Azerbaijan and Armenia have announced the start of a prisoner exchange process, more than a month after an agreement ended six weeks of bloody fighting between the two countries for control of Nagorno-Karabakh.
“After negotiations with the Armenian side, with the participation of international organizations and the command of the Russian peacekeeping forces, an agreement was reached on the exchange of prisoners and hostages on the basis of the principle ‘all against all’ “said the Azerbaijan State Commission. prisoners of war and missing persons. The exchange began today, according to the same source, who clarified that “the return to Azerbaijan of the Azerbaijani prisoners of war and hostages was assured during the day.”
Armenia: announces the return of 44 detainees
For her part, Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pacinian announced the return of 44 detainees to Armenia. “Our 44 soldiers are on a Russian plane and will soon return to Armenia,” he wrote on his Facebook page. Baku also announced today the arrest of four Azeri soldiers, two accused of “insulting the bodies of Armenian soldiers killed during hostilities” and the other two of “destroying Armenian tombstones in a cemetery.” located in the area where the fighting was taking place, as APE-MPE pointed out.
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The four men videotaped their actions and posted the videos on social media. An investigation is underway on “brutal or inhuman treatment” and another on “desecration of graves or corpses,” according to a statement from the Azerbaijani prosecutor’s office. The prosecution denounced acts “unacceptable, contrary to the mentality of the Azerbaijani people”.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan for control of Nagorno-Karabakh ended in early November with an agreement to end hostilities, leading to a military defeat for the Armenians and a significant territorial gain in Baku. Russian peacekeepers are also deployed to the area. Thousands died on both sides in the six-week battle, which was the worst since the first war in the 1990s.
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