Yerevan returned four border villages to Baku

Armenia on Friday returned to Azerbaijan four border villages it had seized decades ago, officials in Yerevan and Baku said, a new step towards normalising ties between the historic rivals, AFP reported.

Armenian border guard troops "officially" took up new positions, its national security service said, while Azerbaijan's Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev announced Baku's border guards took control of the four settlements. /BGNES