PACE welcomes the release of 15 Armenian captives and Armenia’s handing over of mine-maps to Azerbaijan

PACE’s rapporteur on the humanitarian consequences of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Paul Gavan (Ireland, UEL), today welcomed the news of the release of 15 Armenian captives and the handing over to Azerbaijan of a map showing almost 100,000 landmines in the Agdam region, the press service at the Assembly reported.

“It is extremely important to take steps to diminish the humanitarian consequences of this long-standing conflict that erupted into a six-week war last year,” Mr Gavan said.

“While there are many other Armenians remaining in captivity, and while there are certainly mine-maps of regions other than Agdam, t...