On Saturday, Azerbaijan handed over ten Armenian servicemen who were captured during the November 16 armed clashes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in Syunik.
According to Azerbaijani media, in exchange, the Armenian side provided Azerbaijan with maps of minefields in areas currently under Azerbaijani control.
The exchange was carried out through Russian mediation.
In a statement, Azerbaijan’s State Commission for Prisoners of War thanked Russia’s Ministry of Defense for “facilitating [Azerbaijan’s] request to obtain maps of the minefields.”
Previously, the Armenian side had exchanged Fizuli, Aghdam, and Jebrayil minefileds maps for POWs.
“It is unclear which regions’ maps were exchanged this time,” Azerbaijan’s Turan news agency writes.
According to Armenpress, the following Armenian servicemen have been returned:
Narek Yerimyan
Arayik Arakelyan
Serzhik Amirkhanyan
Gevorg Hakobyan
Robert Nalbandyan
Harut Sargsyan
Artyom Manasyan
Eric Avetisyan
Arman Tevosyan
Tigran Hakobyan