Saturday, December 1 2018 15:46

ArmInfo. The final agreement on Artsakh is recognition of the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, and the return of all or part of the territories of the so-called  security zone to Azerbaijan.

The first deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots, director of the Institute of CIS Countries Konstantin Zatulin said this on December 1 at a meeting of the Lazarev Club in Yerevan.

The MP noted that this is what lies on the surface of any model.  "Under the conditions formed today, it's hardly realistic to speak  about the return of these regions in exchange for holding a future  discussion on self-determination. After all, Azerbaijan's side is the  culprit in violating the cease-fire in 2016, it's Azerbaijan that is  constantly increasing aggressive rhetoric, there hasn't been a single  year when they would not threaten to resolve this issue by force",  Zatulin stressed.

The MP noted that the situation is very complicated by the fact that  Azerbaijan is closely watching the tourists who visit Karabakh.  Zatulin said that in this situation it is very difficult to insist on  the return of territories as a gesture of goodwill or on the basis of  the package principle. He noted that Baku pursues the same dead-end  policy related to the return of all terrariums, like Georgia,  Ukraine, and Moldova. "In a similar way, Azerbaijan itself blocks the  path of development as a democratic state, and justifies all sorts of  lawlessness in the country by patriotism", the MP stressed.  Zatulin  also noted that Russia cannot blench to the Karabakh problem: "Moscow  should focus its efforts on preventing war". The MP  also noted that  in Moscow they say that Russia should not intervene in this conflict  in order not to spoil relations with either Armenia or Azerbaijan.  However, according to Zatulin, this is an inefficient practice, and  Russia needs to talk about this problem and contribute to its  solution.