Azerbaijan and Armenia swapped one prisoner each on Thursday through the mediation of the Red Cross.
Armenia returned Azerbaijani soldier Anar Hajiyev, who was captured on 10 May 2009.
Azerbaijan returned Armenia civilian Artur Badalyan, detained in Gadabey District on 9 May 2009.
The exchange began at 14.00 (10.00 GMT) in neutral territory between the Armenian-occupied village of Bash Garvand and the villages of Tazakand in Agdam District and Husanli in Tartar District, which remain under Azerbaijani control.
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, members of Azerbaijan’s State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons and military representatives were present at the handover.
One Azerbaijani serviceman remains in prison in Armenia - Junior Sergeant Roman Huseynov who was captured by Armenian armed forces on 27 August.
Eight Armenian citizens are held in Azerbaijan: three are soldiers who have said they want to leave for a third country, rather than return home, and five are members of one family who crossed the border voluntarily.
Three Armenian soldiers - Grant Markosyan, Rafik Tevonyan and Vartan Sargsyan - were recently sent from Azerbaijan to a third country through UN mediation, it emerged today.
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