Baku does not consider the Armenian military prisoners of war detained in Karabakh after the conclusion of the trilateral agreement on Karabakh on November 10, 2020, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said during a joint press conference with the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde within the framework of the visit to Baku.
“The Azerbaijani side handed over all the prisoners of war to the opposite side in accordance with the tripartite statement. And their number is much greater than the number of prisoners of war that Armenia handed over to Azerbaijan. I would like to note that the Armenians currently held in Azerbaijan are not considered prisoners of war. These are persons who after cessation of military operations were illegally sent from Armenia to the territory of Azerbaijan on November 26. They committed crimes, killing both civilians and military personnel. Azerbaijan is taking investigative measures against them in accordance with the law, “Bayramov said at a briefing