Overview

• Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to a prisoner exchange and to work towards a peace deal, a move welcomed by the United States and European Union.
• Azerbaijan will release 32 prisoners of war to Armenia in exchange for two, all members of the military.
• The neighboring nations have been engaged in a decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in the Caucasus Mountains.
• In September, Azerbaijan regained control of Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic-Armenian enclave within its borders, after launching a 24-hour assault.
• As part of the agreement, Armenia has withdrawn its candidacy to host the annual UN-backed climate summit next year, supporting Azerbaijan’s bid instead.