View from a window of a house in Terter, destroyed by artillery shelling, October 5, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

27 October 2020, 10:55

Azerbaijan offers Armenia to exchange prisoners of war

Baku has offered Armenia to exchange prisoners of war and expressed its readiness to transfer the civilians who failed to leave the combat zone, as well as unilaterally hand over the bodies of the dead.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that full-scale hostilities began in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27. On October 26, a new agreement on a humanitarian truce in the Karabakh conflict zone entered into force, but already in the first hours after it, the parties exchanged accusations of violating the truce.

For more news on the Karabakh conflict escalation, see: 'Karabakh: a Good War Or a Bad Peace' section.

Azerbaijan has expressed its readiness to unilaterally transfer to Armenia the bodies of some of the dead soldiers. This is stated in the press release of the State Commission of Azerbaijan, posted on October 26 on the website of the Azerbaijani State Security Service (SSS).

The release also says that Azerbaijan is ready for the unilateral return of bodies of the dead Armenian soldiers.

Baku has also offered to exchange two Armenian soldiers and two civilians for "two Azerbaijanis taken hostage." Besides, the Azerbaijani party is ready to unilaterally release the 85-year-old Armenian woman, who "was left by Armenian Armed Forces in the combat zone during the retreat," the press release has stated.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on October 27, 2020 at 02:45 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Faik Medzhid Source: CK correspondent

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