Baku and Yerevan discuss exchange of prisoners - Zakharov
Moscow / 18.12.19 / Turan: Azerbaijan and Armenia continue to discuss the issue of exchange of prisoners, said at the briefing in Moscow the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
This issue is “constantly on the agenda of negotiations” and it was separately discussed back in April at a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in Moscow with the participation of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Zakharova said.
According to her, work in this direction continues and if the parties agree, the mediators will support the exchange of other prisoners.
At present, two people are held captive on both sides. -02D-
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