ArmInfo.The initiative to exchange persons imprisoned in Armenia and Azerbaijan belonged to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. Press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan said this on July 3 at a briefing, referring to the exchange of citizens of Armenia and Azerbaijan, which took place recently through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
She stressed that the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs made such a proposal, based on humanitarian considerations, and did not put forward any preconditions on this path. Naghdalyan also emphasized the inadmissibility of the use of the term "prisoner" or "prisoner of war" against exchanged citizens, which Azerbaijan often tries to manipulate.
It should be noted that on July 28, mediated by the ICRC, Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged citizens of the two countries on their territories. Zaven Karapetyan was returned to Armenia, Elvin Arif Oglu Hibragimo- to Azerbaijan.