Azerbaijan handed over five Armenian servicemen back to Armenia with Hungary’s meditation, according to Azerbaijan's State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons.
"Led by the principles of humanism, on December 29, 2021, Azerbaijan handed over five Armenian servicemen to the Armenian side with Hungary’s mediation," the statement says.
These people are Armenian servicemen who were detained by Azerbaijani servicemen on November 16, 2021 while preventing a provocation by the Armenian Armed Forces in the direction of Kalbajar district of the state border.
These five people are Armenian citizens, servicemen of extra-urgent active military service. Among them are Sarkis Abrahamyan (Nov. 1, 1995), Arman Khachatryan (June 18, 1991), Vahe Aghajanyan (Jan. 8, 1988), Suren Khachatrian (April 16, 1992) and Aram Avetyan (Oct. 4, 1997).
On November 26, December 4 and December 19, 2021, Azerbaijan handed over 21 Armenian servicemen to Armenia.
