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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Mariam HARUTYUNYAN

Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree To Take Steps Towards Normalisation

Map of Armenia and Azerbaijan showing the territories they control. (Credit: AFP)

Arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan said Thursday they would exchange prisoners of war and work towards normalising their relations, in a joint statement hailed by the EU as a "breakthrough".

The Caucasus neighbours have been locked in a decades-long conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan reclaimed after a lightning offensive against Armenian separatists in September.

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