Two Azerbaijani servicemen who had been held captive by Armenia, were released Monday as part of a prisoner exchange, says the Commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov, AzVision.az reports.
Azerbaijan has returned four Armenian prisoners of war through the mediation of Russia and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front.
On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia.
A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.
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