Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that Baku handed over to Yerevan all the prisoners of war who were captured during the escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2020.
“We returned all prisoners of war to Armenia earlier. Those who remain now are saboteurs. Any speculations of Armenia and other countries are inappropriate”, – Aliyev said at a press conference.
The conflict on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh escalated in September last year. The fighting resulted in civilian casualties. The truce was achieved thanks to a trilateral agreement on a complete cessation of hostilities in the territory of Karabakh, which was concluded by the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia with the assistance of Russian President Vladimir Putin.