ArmInfo. No official report has been released in Armenia on negotiations with Azerbaijan over the hand-over of ten Armenian POWs, Tigran Abrahamyan, an ex- advisor to the president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and an MP of the With Honor opposition bloc, wrote on his Facebook page.
"It gives rise to many questions. According to the Azerbaijani side, Armenia has handed the maps of minefields over to Azerbaijan, which maps it has not handed over before. If I am not mistaken, Armenia has handed the maps of three districts. Armenia`s silence amid Azerbaijan`s assurances shows that the maps of all the districts that Yerevan has so far refused to hand over are at the enemy`s disposal now. I hope for explanations," Abrahamyan said.
According to reports last Saturday evening, Azerbaijan handed ten Armenian POWs over to Armenia. The Armenian servicemen were captured during the November 16 aggression along Armenia`s south-eastern border. According to the Armenian side, 13 servicemen had been captured, and another 24 went missing. All of them are likely in captivity in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is utterly silent. However, after the aggression Baku handed over the bodies of two Armenian servicemen, who must have been killed in captivity as available videos show them alive when captured. One seriously injured servicemen was handed over as well.
The exact number of Armenian servicemen in Azerbaijani captivity remains unknown. Experts say several hundred of them could be in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is cashing in on this fact to achieve its political goals. However, under trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, Azerbaijan pledged to hand over all the POWs without any preconditions. Amid the international community`s indifference, Azerbaijan is disregarding its own commitments.