ArmInfo. The USA welcomes the release of three detained Armenians by Azerbaijan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted about this.
''The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan's release of three Armenian detainees. We call on both parties to fully and expeditiously complete the exchange process for all prisoners, detainees, and remains, and to respect their obligations to ensure the humane treatment of detainees'', Blinken noted.
Thanks to the efforts of the Russian leadership and the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh, Rustam Muradov, on May 4, three Armenians were able to return home from Azerbaijani captivity.
It is also worth noting that according to the data of the members of the European Parliament published the day before, 245 Armenian prisoners of war and civilians are held captive in Azerbaijan. However, according to some estimates, this figure can reach up to four hundred. The Azerbaijani side confirmed the presence of only captured Armenian volunteers from the Shirak region of the Republic of Armenia, while qualifying the detainees as "terrorists who must be brought to justice."
Representatives of Armenia at the ECHR also reported on May 3 that Azerbaijani prisoners of war tortured and killed 19 Armenian prisoners of war and civilians, including 4 women.
The Azerbaijani side, under various pretexts, is delaying the process of returning Armenian prisoners of war, thereby grossly flouting the commitments undertaken within the framework of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020.