Azerbaijan has handed over 15 servicemen to Armenia in exchange for maps of mined areas. The long-awaited and great news. We welcome such steps by the parties.

Axar.az reports that the statement came from Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Today, 15 Armenians detained on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border were handed over to Armenia with the participation of Georgian representatives in exchange for Armenia's submission to the Azerbaijani side of maps of 97,000 tanks and anti-personnel mines in the Aghdam region.