BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 14. Armenian military personnel returned by Azerbaijan do not need additional examination, said Armenian Health Minister Anahit Avanesian, Trend reports.
"At the Muratsan military hospital, all of the returned servicemen's needs have been assessed, and all necessary examinations have been performed," the Armenian minister said.
As a result of negotiations between the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, an exchange of detained servicemen was carried out between Azerbaijan and Armenia on December 13 in the direction of Bala Jafarli village in Gazakh district of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border.
Guided by the principles of humanism and as a goodwill gesture, the Republic of Azerbaijan released 32 Armenian servicemen.
In contrast to that, Huseyn Akhundov and Agshin Babirov, Azerbaijani servicemen who were liberated from Armenian captivity yesterday, were tortured by Armenians in captivity. The Armenian military posted a video on social media of their barbaric treatment of detained Azerbaijani soldier Huseyn Akhundov. Furthermore, after being released, Agshin Babirov revealed to Azerbaijani state media that he was tortured by Armenians during his incarceration. When the reporter questioned the serviceman about his movement limits, he stated that he had been electrified in his knees.
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