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Azerbaijan hands over three Armenian POWs to third party

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 30 April 2012 16:19 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan has handed over three Armenian POWs to a third party, Armenian media report, quoting a senior officer about POW issues and the missing Samvel Asatryan. It wasn’t specified to which country the prisoners were handed over.
Azerbaijan hands over three Armenian POWs to third party

Azerbaijan, Baku, April 30 /Trend/

Azerbaijan has handed over three Armenian POWs to a third party, Armenian media report, quoting a senior officer about POW issues and the missing Samvel Asatryan. It wasn't specified to which country the prisoners were handed over.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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