Azerbaijan hands over 10 captured soldiers to Armenia

FILE PHOTO: An Azeri soldier walks past an Armenian military truck which was seized by the Azerbaijan army during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, near the city of Barda, Azerbaijan October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

BAKU(Reuters) - Azerbaijan handed over 10 captured Armenian soldiers to Armenia on Saturday in return for maps detailing the location of landmines in the Karabakh region as part of an exchange mediated by Russia, Baku said.

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire at their border on Nov. 16 after Russia urged them to step back from confrontation following the deadliest clash since a war last year.