Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the Russian side calls on Azerbaijan to release all POWs without any conditions. He said this at a press conference following the meeting with his Armenian counterpart, answering a question.

“The statement on November 9 (2020) referred to the release of POWs who were in captivity at that time. Now the Azerbaijanis are holding groups of Armenian servicemen who were taken prisoner at the end of November, after the statement came into force and a ceasefire agreement was reached. Nevertheless, the Russian president in his contacts with the Azerbaijani leadership, with President Aliyev and at other levels calls for the release of all POWs without any conditions,” Sergey Lavrov said.