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Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange first prisoners after war

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Armenia and Azerbaijan have begun exchanging groups of prisoners of war.

It's part of an "all for all" swap mediated by Russia after a bloody conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, Russia's defense ministry said on Tuesday.

The six-week conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over the region and surrounding areas was brought to a halt by a Moscow-brokered ceasefire deal last month.

The fighting locked in territorial gains for Azerbaijan - stoking anger in Yerevan and protests against Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Russian peacekeeping forces have deployed to the region.

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Late on Monday, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said 44 Armenian prisoners had returned to Armenia after Russian mediation, according to the Interfax news agency.

A Russian military aircraft also flew a group of 12 Azeri prisoners to Baku as part of the same swap, according to the commander of Russia's peacekeeping forces.

Azeri authorities confirmed their arrival.