GAZAKH, Azerbaijan, December 13. Azerbaijan and Armenia have exchanged detained military servicemen, Trend reports.
The two countries exchanged detained military personnel in the vicinity of Bala Jafarli village in Azerbaijan's Gazakh district, near the Azerbaijani-Armenian border.
The military servicemen Huseyn Akhundov and Agshin Babirov have been released from captivity and have already been handed over to the Azerbaijani side.
Akhundov made his first statement to the media and said that he had no health problems.
“Everything is fine. I’m glad to return to Azerbaijan,” he added.
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Babirov (born in 2004) and Akhundov (born in 2003) went missing in April 2023 in the Shahbuz district of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, bordering Armenia, due to low visibility in bad weather conditions. They were later apprehended by Armenian soldiers.
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