Zakharova on exchange of prisoners of war in the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict zone: There are existing mechanisms on these issues

ArmInfo.Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova does not consider it necessary to provide additional political comments on issues related to  prisoners of war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.

So, on September 4, during a weekly briefing, answering the question  about Azerbaijan's reluctance to return its citizens, including the  military, to the Armenian side, in August of this year, under unclear  circumstances, who appeared on the Azerbaijani side, the  representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed conviction  that these issues are necessary decide in existing and established  formats for this.  "They are. And I don't think that there is a need  for me to give additional political comments, since we really have  existing mechanisms. And the co-chairs can, if necessary, use  additional mechanisms to assist the parties," she said.

At the same time, Zakharova added that if the relevant parties need  additional support, for example, from the same Russia on this issue,  then it can be discussed in bilateral formats through diplomatic  channels.

It should be noted that on August 13 it became known that on August  12 at about 12:00, on the defensive site of one of the military units  of the Defense Army, deployed in the southeastern direction of the  Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact of the troops, the soldier Araik  Ghazaryan left the combat dispositions (born in 2000). Later, the  Azerbaijani media reported with reference to the military department  of Azerbaijan that the soldier in the Azerbaijani side. Armenian  Minister of Defense David Tonoyan expressed confidence that the  serviceman was on the Azerbaijani side, as he got lost on the ground.  A week later, representatives of the International Committee of the  Red Cross were able to visit a prisoner of war and get acquainted  with the conditions of his detention. Three Armenian civilians are  officially on the Azerbaijani side, who, on far-fetched charges, were  sentenced to various prison terms in Azerbaijan.  Azerbaijan is ready  to return Armenian prisoners in exchange for two Azerbaijani  saboteurs convicted by a court of Nagorno-Karabakh to life  imprisonment for murders with particular cruelty.