Pashinyan: Armenia ready to hand over minefield maps to Azerbaijan in exchange for captives

News.am, Armenia
Oct 15 2021

Armenia is ready to hand over the minefield maps to Azerbaijan in exchange for the captives. Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during Friday’s online meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS member countries.

The PM added with regret that, contrary to the eighth point of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, Azerbaijan has not yet returned all the Armenian captives.

He stressed that this issue concerns not only prisoners of war, but also civilians who are illegally detained in Azerbaijan.

Pashinyan reiterated Yerevan's readiness to provide Baku with the minefields maps that do not harm Armenia's security interests.

"This is a purely humanitarian issue, and we expect a solution as soon as possible," added the Armenian premier.