Armenia receives ten more captured soldiers from Azerbaijan.
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Following talks last week between both sides and European Council President Charles Michel, Azerbaijan handed over ten captured Armenian soldiers to Armenia on Sunday for the second time this month, the two countries said.
On November 1, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire along their shared border.
Following the deadliest clash since a war last year, Russia urged them to take a step back from confrontation.
After the worst fighting since a 44-day war between ethnic Armenian forces and the Azeri army over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave last year, which killed at least 6,500 people, Armenia had asked Russia for assistance.
The State Security Service of Azerbaijan said in a statement that it had handed over 10 Armenian soldiers detained on Nov. 16
It also let go of ten soldiers in December.
Russia acted as a go-between in that situation.
The names of the second group of ten prisoners of war handed over were published by Armenia’s Armenpress media outlet, citing Vahan Hunanyan, the Armenian foreign ministry’s press secretary.
(Alexander Marrow contributed reporting; Mark Heinrich edited the final product.)