Armenia has handed over to the Azerbaijani side maps of landmines in Fizuli and Zangelan regions, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported.
“On July 3 at the initiative of the Russian Federation Armenia has handed over to Azerbaijan maps of over 92,000 anti-tank and anti-personnel landmines,” the ministry said.
Azerbaijani side expressed gratitude to the commander of the Russian peacekeeping troops in Nagorno Karabakh Rustam Muradov for brokering in the issue.
“As a humanitarian step the Azerbaijani side handed over to the Armenian side 15 Armenian nationals convicted by court and whose term of imprisonment has expired,” Azeri MFA reported.
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