Thanks to Russia's exceptional mediation efforts and the participation of the ICRC and the field team of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the bodies of 29 Armenian servicemen fallen during the hostilities were handed over Thursday to the Armenian side. Shushan Stepanyan, spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, stated about this on Facebook.

"At the same time, one civilian was returned to Armenia through the efforts of the ICRC.

In its turn, the Armenian side, adhering to the agreements reached within the framework of the humanitarian ceasefire, once again expresses readiness to hand over to the Azerbaijani side the bodies of Azerbaijani servicemen located in the territory of Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)], [and] start the process of retrieval of bodies from the intermediate section—as a result of hostilities along the entire length of the Artsakh-Azerbaijani battlefront, as well as the transfer of information on prisoners of war and the latter’s subsequent exchange,” Stepanyan added.