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Moscow Welcomes Baku’s Decision to Free 15 Armenian Troops in Exchange for Minefields Maps

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19:59 GMT 12.06.2021Get short URL

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia welcomes Azerbaijan’s decision to hand over 15 soldiers to Armenia in exchange for maps of minefields, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.

“Azerbaijan handed over 15 military personnel to Armenia in exchange for maps of minefields. Long-awaited and wonderful news. We welcome such steps by the parties,” Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said earlier in the day that Baku released 15 detained Armenians in response to the handing by Yerevan of minefields maps.

The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh re-emerged in September of last year.  A Russia-brokered trilateral declaration of ceasefire on November 10 put an end to the hostilities.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS