ArmInfo.Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan commented on the proposal of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the exchange of prisoners with Azerbaijan. Thus, on May 9, in Victory Park, answering the corresponding question, he said in particular:
<Work is in progress, positions are specified. There are no instructions at the moment, but negotiations are underway. As you know, I am the head of the Commission on Prisoners, Hostages and Missing Persons. At the moment the work is underway to understand who can be exchanged for whom>. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke in favor of exchanging prisoners all for all principle in conflict zones, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. To recall, at present there are three individuals of Armenian nationality in the territory of Azerbaijan - two citizens of Armenia and one citizen of Nagorno-Karabakh. In Armenia, there is one citizen of Azerbaijan, two more are serving their sentences in the prison of Nagorno-Karabakh for terrorism and murder.