Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia January 18, 2021. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
MOSCOW/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia has returned all Azeri prisoners who were captured during last year's conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, but the process with Armenian prisoners has been held up, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
The six-week conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh was brought to a halt in November by a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement under which Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces were expected to exchange all captives.
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