10 Armenian Detainees Returned from Azerbaijan Transferred to Medical Center

The 10 Armenian detainees transferred by Azerbaijan have arrived in Yerevan. After verifying their names at the airport, they were taken to a medical center.

The video from Sputnik Armenia shows how the detainees disembark from the plane and get into a vehicle.

The detainees were brought back to their homeland by Rustam Muradov, the former commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Among those present at the airport to welcome them were Colonel Igor Shchurbakov, the defense attaché of the Russian Embassy in Armenia, and Lieutenant General Tigran Parvanyan, commander of the joint grouping of Armenian and Russian forces.

It was announced last night that Azerbaijan was transferring 10 Armenian servicemen captured during the fighting at the border on November 16 to Armenia today.

Boris Avagyan, the former deputy head of the State Emergency Service of Artsakh, stated on his Facebook page that Rustam Muradov traveled to Baku under high secrecy, with information about the return of the detainees kept confidential until the last moment.

Later, the names of the returning detainees were also revealed: Yerimyan Narek Volodya, Arakelyan Arayik Arshaluyts, Amirxanyan Sergey Samson, Hakobyan Gevorg Arayik, Nalbandyan Robert Mamikon, Sargsyan Harut Aramayis, Manasyan Artyom Suren, Avetisyan Erik Hunan, Tevosyan Arman Arthur, and Hakobyan Tigran Armen.