Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at a Moscow press conference today, said that Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani military officials are compiling lists of POWs for future exchange.

Lavrov said that it is necessary for Armenia and Azerbaijan to compile specific lists of missing persons and that Armenia is finding this difficult.  

 "Now the main issue is what happened in the Hadrut region in early December, when Armenian servicemen were sent there in late November. They were taken prisoner a week later, ten days after the beginning of December. There were 62 people," Lavrov said.

He stressed that Azerbaijan has stated since the Armenian troops moved to the region after the signing of the ceasefire declaration, it is necessary to consider the issue in a different light than November 9 ceasefire statement.

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