Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that Baku and Yerevan have agreed on the principle of "everyone to everyone" during the exchange of prisoners in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
"The most important task is to return the captives," he said. I want to say that there is some progress here. In general, the principle of "everyone to everyone" exchange has been agreed, "Pashinyan said in a televised address to his compatriots. According to him, we are talking about those who were taken prisoner both during and after the recent escalation of the conflict in Karabakh.
Pashinyan also stressed the need to develop mechanisms for the return of prisoners. The Armenian Prime Minister said that another important issue was the search for missing persons. He said that since November 9, the bodies of more than 600 dead servicemen have been removed from the conflict zone, and the bodies of 500 bodies are being identified. "Most likely, we can say that these are the bodies of our missing compatriots ... Identification is carried out using DNA tests. To date, 135 of the dead have been identified and handed over to relatives, "he said.