ArmInfo. Artsakh's independence can no longer be crossed out. This opinion was expressed at the closing of the Second Meeting of the Lazarev Club by the chairman of the organizing committee of the club, the first deputy head of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs Konstantin Zatulin.
Zatulin believes that the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh can be settled more easily than any other in the space of the former USSR.At the same time, Zatulin expressed his conviction that the fate of Armenia is inseparable from Nagorno-Karabakh. "We do not build military plans, do not call for someone to win, but no one can separate the fate of Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh. We will not cut off our friends from Artsakh from participating in the Lazarev Club.
I'm personally in favor of an early settlement of this conflict. Artsakh's independence cannot be crossed out, but the rest is under discussion, "Zatulin said, the Federal News Agency reports.According to him, the solution of the situation would be the return to Azerbaijan of the regions that were occupied by Artsakh as a result of hostilities in exchange for recognition of the independence of the republic by Baku.The second meeting of the Russian-Armenian Lazarev Club was held in Moscow on March 5-6, 2019 in the Andreevsky Hall of the Renaissance Moscow Monarch Center Hotel.