"Prisoners on the maps of minefields": Baku returned Armenian servicemen to Yerevan

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Armenia and Azerbaijan continue the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. On Saturday, the parties held another exchange: Baku returned prisoners to Yerevan in response to the transfer of minefield maps.

On Saturday, June 12, 2021, Azerbaijan handed over 15 detained Armenian soldiers to Armenia. In response, Yerevan handed Baku maps of anti-tank and anti-personnel minefields in the Aghdam region on the border with Georgia. Both sides confirmed the exchange took place.



In Baku, commenting on the exchange, they stressed that the minefield maps will greatly facilitate the clearance of the territory returned by Azerbaijan during the "liberation war" of 2020, as well as accelerate the reconstruction of infrastructure for the return of Azerbaijani IDPs to the region.

Yerevan confirmed the return of 15 prisoners to their homeland and thanked the United States and Georgia for participating in the exchange, acting as mediators. As stated in this regard in Tbilisi, this exchange was being prepared "for several months" with the participation of mediators from Georgia and the United States. According to the Georgian Foreign Minister, David Zalkaliani, Tbilisi and Washington "performed well the role of peacekeepers."

According to Pashinyan, Armenia has previously transferred minefield maps to Azerbaijan through Russia, in particular, through Foreign Minister Lavrov. At the same time, he stressed that Yerevan handed over the cards to Baku "not in exchange for prisoners," but responded "one step at a time."

These are minefields located in the rear of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. These fields no longer separate us for obvious reasons.

- Pashinyan said, adding that without the efforts of Russia, the Armenian prisoners might not have returned to their homeland.
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    1. +5
      13 June 2021 07: 41
      Tbilisi and Washington "performed well the role of peacekeepers".
      These are really "peacekeepers", especially if you remember 08.08.08. At least Pashinyan had the courage to add that "without Russia's efforts, the Armenian prisoners might not have returned to their homeland."
      1. +1
        13 June 2021 07: 53
        Quote: rotmistr60
        At least Pashinyan had the courage to add that "without Russia's efforts, the Armenian prisoners might not have returned to their homeland."

        Pashinyan stayed for now to clean up all that he had done. I should have added that without Russia he would not have been alive for a long time
        1. 0
          13 June 2021 08: 14
          Pashinyan will not clean up his guano ... such people can only destroy and put heaps of shit under the neighbor's door.
        2. +2
          13 June 2021 08: 28
          Quote: Egoza
          Pashinyan has stayed for now,

          He stayed not yet, but for the period of elections ... after which the prefix acting will disappear from him, unless, of course, the State Department introduces a new candidate (which is unlikely) ...
          what did he do

          more specifically, you can? Pashinyan did nothing that would not be approved by the US State Department ... and he did not violate any laws of the RA, otherwise, he would be impeached ...
          without Russia he would not have been alive for a long time

          The RF was saving the RA, not Pashinyan, because the latter was brought to power by the United States, the liberal intelligentsia of the Republic of Armenia (they are always for the destruction of the state) and crowds of people who wanted a European standard of living without doing anything ...
          1. +5
            13 June 2021 14: 20
            The return of the prisoners took place when everyone told the AP that the maps of the minefields should be handed over.
            There remains one question - what did they drag out for so long? Did you spare the prisoners?
            Or did the Armenians expect someone else to suffer in those minefields?
            1. 0
              13 June 2021 14: 25
              Quote: Alex777
              There remains one question - what did they drag out for so long? Did you spare the prisoners?

              The prisoners will not be returned, the Azerbaijanis and Turks will be to blame for everything, they will be returned, the merit of the RA diplomats ...
              1. +2
                13 June 2021 14: 27
                That's how it is, Armenian diplomacy ...
      2. +2
        13 June 2021 10: 49
        Quote: rotmistr60
        Tbilisi and Washington "played a good role as peacekeepers"

        This canal (Pashinyan), again changed his shoes on the fly.
        After all, Russia, how many times has come forward with a proposal to give mine maps. fields!
        And it's not a fact that perhaps Baku would have returned MUCH more Armenians.
        But Pashinyan chose the Americans for mediation.
        That is, he gave a wave to the homeless people and neglected the mediation of Russia!
    2. +6
      13 June 2021 07: 52
      It remains to congratulate the former prisoners on their return to their homeland. I can imagine how happy their families and loved ones are.
    3. +5
      13 June 2021 07: 56
      "Prisoners on maps of minefields"
      I read the title and thought - well, they were already brutalized there.
      I read the article - it turned out to be all glory to God.
      1. +1
        13 June 2021 08: 41
        Quote: Alexander123
        I read the title and thought - well, they were already brutalized there.

        Also, the first thing that came to mind was that the prisoners were neutralizing the mines? Yes
      2. +2
        13 June 2021 14: 43
        Quote: Alexander123
        I thought - well, they were already brutalized there.

        belay I apologize for the tautology, but I am surprised at your surprise, because even such an exchange (of prisoners at the ILC), whatever one may say, would be a humanitarian operation, as a result of which everyone is satisfied. This is not a closed joint-stock company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in which the sale of the ILC is practiced to OWN colleagues who are taking over the rotation positions. However, in the case of dill, even such savagery no longer seems to be something transcendental. am
    4. +1
      13 June 2021 07: 58
      It is not entirely clear whether all the prisoners were handed over, or only 15?
      Or were there only 15 of them?
      1. 0
        13 June 2021 10: 51
        Quote: Avior
        It is not entirely clear whether all the prisoners were handed over, or only 15?

        Only 15 (Fifteen)!
    5. +2
      13 June 2021 08: 01
      Okay, only one tradesman agreed, led by no longer the main tradesman.
    6. +3
      13 June 2021 08: 15
      Quote: tralflot1832
      Okay, only one tradesman agreed, led by no longer the main tradesman.

      Well, Pashinyan is still acting. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and I don't see candidates who could get more votes than Pashinyan, so the one behind whom the State Department stands will win. people need a freebie and an older friend who will think for him ...
    7. -1
      13 June 2021 08: 27
      It is good that relations between the two fraternal Caucasian peoples are improving!
      1. +4
        13 June 2021 08: 33
        Quote: Cat Alexandrovich
        two fraternal Caucasian peoples!

        No. I would say - two Caucasian neighboring peoples.
    8. +1
      13 June 2021 08: 33
      "Prisoners on the maps of minefields": Baku returned Armenian servicemen to Yerevan

      - These "warriors" ... - that Armenia, that Azerbaijan ... - "worth" each other ... - Personally, I will not be at all surprised at that; that the Azerbaijanis can easily "next time" simply drive the prisoners into a minefield (this is instead of "maps") ...
      - And the Armenians all rush about with their Pashinyan ... as with a written sack ... - they want to serve the Americans and ... and receive help from Russia on an ongoing basis ... - By the way ... - in Armenia, absolutely there is no Russian population (all the Russians have long since fled ... - with the fact that they rushed to take with them on the road) ... - There they completely forgot the Russian language ... - But what Russia "should" helping Armenia ... is Armenia always remembers ...
    9. +2
      13 June 2021 09: 06
      .......................
      1. -7
        13 June 2021 10: 26
        Rus96 - don’t write the fucking thing! At least 150 Armenian soldiers are held captive by the Azerbaijani military, whom Azerbaijan does not want to change, or give up, claiming that these military terrorists were detained after the end of the war. And, those whom they gave away they wanted to give away, as a gesture of goodwill! So, your spitting in the direction of Russia, your pathetic attempts to expose Russia as a laughing stock of nothing but charity are not worthy! !!
    10. -4
      13 June 2021 09: 49
      Surprisingly, the head of state, through whose fault many citizens died, and the best ones, because the most valuable thing a person has is life and he gives it up to defend the Motherland, significant territories have been lost, the whole nation has been humiliated ...
      And "this" is still sitting in the office and rules Armenia, and did not end up like Mussolini.
      1. +1
        13 June 2021 14: 35
        If Saakashvili had not become insolent at all, had not shot Zhvania with his own hand in his office (and then staged with gas) and kicked Ivanishvili in the ass, he would have also been in the leadership to this day.
        There are those who are still ready to vote for him in Georgia. And there are a lot of them.
    11. +5
      13 June 2021 10: 44
      We have to pay attention to this again.
      territory returned by Azerbaijan during the "liberation war" of 2020

      Why are the quotes in the words of the war of liberation again ?! Why are the authors so prejudiced against our war, which liberated the territory of Azerbaijan from the Armenian occupation ?! After all, the fact that these territories were occupied were not contested by anyone and there are a lot of documents of the international level on this matter, this is also recognized by the Russian Federation! Dear editors and moderators, I ask you to pay attention to such nuances, because such seemingly inconspicuous nuances lead to rejection and distrust of public opinion in Russia.
      1. -2
        14 June 2021 11: 52
        Why re-quotes in the words of the war of liberation?! Why are the authors so prejudiced against our war, which liberated the territory of Azerbaijan from the Armenian occupation ?! After all, the fact that these territories were occupied were not contested by anyone and there are a lot of documents of the international level on this matter, this is also recognized by the Russian Federation! Dear editors and moderators, I ask you to pay attention to such nuances, because such seemingly inconspicuous nuances lead to rejection and distrust of public opinion in Russia.

        Because Azerbaijan in Karabakh defeated Russia de facto, not Armenia. I think it’s not difficult to guess about it and don’t need to forget it.
        So many comments have been written from above, and everyone is happy for the return of the army prisoners of war. And more than one person does not welcome the issuance of maps of minefields in the Agdam region, where the Armenians buried (!) 190 mines.

        It's time to decide who is our enemy and who is our brother.
        1. 0
          14 June 2021 18: 26
          Quote: Yujanin
          It's time to decide who is our enemy and who is our brother.

          Yes, it was already decided long ago, the RA is part of the CSTO, but you are not, the RF and the RA have an agreement on joint military assistance until 2044, but not with you ...
          So attack RA and RF, and you will be happy in another world ...
          1. -3
            14 June 2021 18: 35

            Yes, it was already decided long ago, the RA is part of the CSTO, but you are not, the RF and the RA have an agreement on joint military assistance until 2044, but not with you ...

            So what if Armenia is a member of the CSTO. This membership did not stop us from soaping the necks of the Armenians. With regard to joint military assistance, I think the Russian Federation will provide Armenia with the same scrap metal, which we will easily destroy again. laughing
            1. 0
              14 June 2021 18: 54
              Quote: Yujanin
              membership did not prevent us from soaping the necks of the Armenians.

              As far as I know, there were no hostilities on the territory of the Republic of Armenia during this conflict and Aliyev himself assured everyone deeply that there would not be ...
              With regards to joint military assistance, I think the Russian Federation will provide Armenia with the same scrap metal, which we can easily destroy again laughing

              Military aid involves not only the supply of military equipment, the more it will be possible to do this only through the IRI, the RF Armed Forces and themselves can directly strike at the aggressor (group of aggressors) who attacked the RA ...
              The Russian Federation considers it legitimate to use the Armed Forces, other troops and bodies to repel aggression against it and (or) its allies, maintain (restore) peace by the decision of the UN Security Council, other collective security structures, as well as to ensure the protection of its citizens who are behind outside the Russian Federation, in accordance with the generally recognized principles and norms of international law and international treaties of the Russian Federation.

              https://base.garant.ru/70830556/
              Article 22 of the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation (approved by the President of the Russian Federation on December 25, 2014 N Pr-2976)
              The 102nd AF of the RF Armed Forces in the RA is armed with a lot of trash left over from the 127th MRD of the ZakVO, so if you don’t feel sorry for your oil fields, gas transmission systems, refineries and residents of large cities, you can start destroying it right now ...
              If you are hoping for Turkey, then in vain, because in this regard, there is Article 27 of the above document ...
              I would like to note that in the last conflict, the RA Armed Forces did not use the entire set of military measures, against the Azerbaijanis, now the situation is different, you have nothing to give to the RA ...
              Yes, and the RA CSTO will not turn to the CSTO, the presence of Turks, Anglo-Saxons and Israeli Jews on the AzR territory now (in the future) makes you vulnerable, where the AzR becomes a potential target no longer for RA, but for the RF Armed Forces ...

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