Armenia’s Minister of Justice, Srbuhi Galyan, hopes that the Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijani capital Baku will be returned as soon as possible.

"As for the [Armenian] prisoners [in Azerbaijan], it is a painful issue. Most of them have been returned to Armenia through the efforts of our state, and I hope that developments will be such that those who are not in our country will also return to our country," Galyan said during a press briefing after Thursday’s Cabinet meeting of the Armenian government.