BAKU – Azerbaijan handed over 15 Armenian detainees to Armenia in exchange for providing maps of 97,000 anti-tank and personnel mines in the Aghdam region, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
The detainees were handed to Armenia on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border with the participation of Georgian representatives.
“Obtaining mine maps will save the lives and health of tens of thousands of our citizens, including demining workers, and accelerate the reconstruction projects initiated by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, in Agdam and the return of IDPs,” Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
At least 20 Azerbaijani civilians and seven soldiers were killed by landmines laid by Armenian forces since the two countries reached a truce in Nagorno-Karabakh last November.(Anadolu Agency)
