ArmInfo. As of today, with the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, Armenia and Azerbaijan have exchanged 79 prisoners. This was stated during the briefing by the Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
In particular, she noted that 63 of the total number of prisoners were from the Armenian side and 16 from the Azerbaijani side.
''The positions of the parties on this issue differ in their approaches. We always talk about it. The differences in these data are quite significant. The figures quoted by official Yerevan change periodically, other information comes from Baku, "said the Russian Foreign Ministry speaker. She noted that the optimal formula for the exchange of prisoners is "all for all". At the same time, Zakharova stressed that the soonest solution of this issue will allow "turning the tragic pages" in relations and focus on promoting a positive agenda, including in the economic field