Baku/Yerevan. December 4th. INTERFAX - Azerbaijan handed over 10 servicemen to Armenia, the State Security Service of Azerbaijan reports.
"On December 4, the Republic of Azerbaijan, guided by the principles of humanism, handed over 10 Armenian servicemen to the Armenian side. These persons were detained on November 16, 2021 while preventing a provocation by the Armenian Armed Forces in the Kelbajar direction of the state border," the message posted on the Service's website said on Saturday.
"At the same time, as a result of the negotiations, the Armenian side provided the Azerbaijani side with maps of minefields in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan. We express our gratitude to the Ministry of Defense of Russia for the mediation mission," the message reads.