Azerbaijan returns 10 Armenian POWs in exchange for minefield maps

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