According to the Azerbaijani authorities, the process of exchanging prisoners between Armenia and Azerbaijan has begun.

RIA Novosti reported.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also addressed the issue of prisoners today. “I can say that we have even approached the beginning of the process of exchanging prisoners and returning our captives. Very soon we are waiting for the start of the return of our captives, the officially confirmed group. Our thinking is the following. At this stage, we must begin to return the captives whose captivity has been officially confirmed by Azerbaijan and the Red Cross, after which we will focus more on the search for our unknown brothers, some of whom may have been captured. This is also a very difficult process, and here I expect the understanding of our citizens, especially of the families of our brothers whose the whereabouts is unknown.”