Armenia and Azerbaijan plan not to exchange prisoners hence, but to release them

Today, Azerbaijan
March 24 2005

24 March 2005 [14:22] – Today.Az

The state commission of Azerbaijan and Armenia on issues of military
prisoners and lost persons plans running regular direct contacts.

Such agreement was concluded at the meeting of representatives of
State commission of both states in Tbilisi.

The agency Trend was informed, Azerbaijan state commission was
represented by secretary of Commission Shahin Sailov and the chief
of Working group Firudin Sadigov and Armenian party was represented
by the deputy chairman of State commission Mikhail Grigorian and his
assistant Leo Agajanov. Co-chairmen of the International working group
on search of lost persons and release of prisoners in Karabakh area
Svetlana Gannushkina and Bernkhard Klazen participated at the meeting.

The meeting was held in business atmosphere, in conditions of mutual
understanding. Mechanism of constructive cooperation, based on
principle of returning of prisoners as soon as possible and without
running of necessary checking, was developed. Participants of the
meeting consider exchange of prisoners as immoral fact, and in future
will raise only the issue on release of prisoners.

Parties declared their readiness to create conditions for meeting
of relatives and representatives of international organizations
with prisoners.

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