U.S. State Department calls for the full and expeditious release of all remaining prisoners
The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the US State Department has welcomed the return of five Armenian servicemen on December 29. "We welcome Azerbaijan's December 29 return of five Armenian service members who were detained on November 16, 2021," the official Twitter account of the Bureau posted on Thursday.
"We urge the full and expeditious release of all remaining detainees, exchange of remains, and accounting for missing persons. We stress the importance of humane treatment of detainees in accordance with international obligations," the Bureau said in separate post.