Azerbaijan confirms its readiness to exchange captives on the  principle "all for all"

ArmInfo- Turan.  The State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Citizens of Azerbaijan  commented on the statement of the Acting Armenian Defense Minister  David Tonoyan that Yerevan has not received an official offer from  Baku to exchange prisoners on the principle of all for all.

In this regard, the State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages  and Missing Citizens of Azerbaijan stated that even in a letter dated  April 29, 2016, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)  proposed to prepare a draft agreement on the immediate release of all  prisoners held by both sides, also about the exchange in a three-day  period in the future of all who are captured, as well as the bodies  of the dead. For its part, the ICRC said that the proposal had been  submitted to the Armenian side, and work was under way to prepare an  agreement.

In addition, the State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and  Missing Citizens of Azerbaijan during meetings in 2017 and 2018 with  the International Working Group discussed the search for the missing  during the Karabakh conflict, the release of all prisoners and  hostages, as well as the exchange as soon as possible of all  prisoners on the principle of "all for all".

Over the past two years, the co-chairs of the International Working  Group (IWG) on the search for the missing, Bernhard Clausen, Svetlana  Gannushkina and Paata Zakeriashvili, conveyed these proposals during  their visits to Yerevan and occupied Karabakh.  Last time in October  of this year, the co-chairs of the IWG who visited Armenia and  Karabakh contacted by telephone with the Azerbaijani side, saying  that they plan to organize a meeting of representatives of the State  Commissions of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Tbilisi at the end of  November this year.  The State Commission for Prisoners of War,  Hostages and Missing Citizens of Azerbaijan brought to the attention  of the co-chairs of the IWG the readiness of the Azerbaijani side for  such a meeting if the main topic of discussion is the release of all  prisoners held by both sides on the principle of "all for all" as  soon as possible, Turan informs.