Azerbaijan releases stray Armenian soldier
Azerbaijan has released an Armenian soldier who mistakenly crossed into Azerbaijani territory on April 23 and was taken captive by its military.
Private Eduard Martirosov was handed over to Armenia on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“In accordance to the agreements reached at the May 22 trilateral meeting in Brussels and through the mediation of the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Artsakh, Major General Andrey Volkov, conscript serviceman Eduard Martirosov, who had crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on April 23, was handed over to the Armenian side on May 26," the statement says.