Canada is calling for the release of all Armenian prisoners of war, according to a message posted by Global Affairs Canada on Twitter.

"Canada welcomes Azerbaijan’s release of Armenian detainees, a key step in a comprehensive solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Canada continues to call for the release of all detainees," the message reads.

Azerbaijan is still holding hundreds of Armenian prisoners of war, civilians and soldiers alike, while the Armenian side has returned all the POWs and detained persons, including two saboteurs who killed an Armenian minor and a serviceman a decade ago and were serving jail terms in Karabakh.

So far, more than 70 Armenian POWs have returned home. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev claims that persons still being kept in Baku are not prisoners of war but “terrorists and saboteurs”. Officials and human rights advocates from the Armenian side, however, maintain Azerbaijan is still holding hundreds of people hostage, pledging to submit evidence proving the capture of said persons to international agencies and courts.