13:02, 5 June 2021

Baku and Yerevan resume talks on POW return

At Russia's mediation, Armenia and Azerbaijan have resumed negotiations on the return of six Armenian soldiers detained at the border. Arsen Torosyan, the head of the Armenian Prime Minister's Office, has expressed hope for a positive outcome of the discussions in Moscow.

According to the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD), the above soldiers performed dome engineering works in the territory of their military unit. In its turn, Azerbaijan declared the detainees to be scouts who tried to cross the border in order to mine the road. Armenia appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a demand to protect the rights of the captured militaries.

On June 1, representatives of both countries, mediated by Russia, discussed the situation at the border and the return of Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), the Armenian MoD has reported.

The above Mr Torosyan has treated the discussions as quite informative. "Azerbaijani troops must leave the territory of Armenia; and this will certainly happen as a result of cooperation with our partners, as well as of the work of our armed forces," the "Sputnik-Armenia" quotes Arsen Torosyan as saying.

He has added that "there are no agreements with Azerbaijan on the border issue."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 4, 2021 at 01:06 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Armine Martirosyan

Source: CK correspondent