YEREVAN. Dec 9 (Interfax) - Azerbaijan has handed over three Armenian prisoners of war to the Armenian side with Russia's mediation, the office of Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said.
"Three Armenian prisoners of war have been handed over to the Armenian side with Russia's mediation," the office said.
Gevork Altunyan, the head of the Armenian Defense Ministry's information and public relations department, told the Armenian state-run news agency Armenpress earlier that several POWs would be handed over to Armenia by Azerbaijan in the coming hours.
Armenia and Azerbaijan said earlier that they are ready to exchange prisoners of war on the "all for all" basis.