The OSCE welcomes the return of 15 servicemen to Armenia and the provision of maps of mined areas
Baku/13.06.21/Turan: The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde, welcomed the return of 15 Armenian servicemen by Azerbaijan in exchange for a map of the mined areas. He wrote about this on his Twitter microblog.
"We welcome the return of 15 prisoners of war to Armenia and the provision of information to Azerbaijan on demining," Linde said.
According to him, these confidence-building measures will help create an appropriate atmosphere for the continuation of talks under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. - 06D-
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- 13 June 2021 21:57
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