Members of the State Duma adopted a on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh at the plenary meeting on Tuesday, September 29.
“Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation express serious concern over the renewal of the deterioration of the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region that has led to numerous human casualties and parliamentarians strongly condemn use of force by both sides,” the document says.
The parliamentarians also stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict zone, and also called on parties to the conflict to prevent the escalation of confrontation in the region and noted that there would be no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the situation.
“The deputies of the State Duma urge the parties to return to the negotiation process as soon as possible and are ready to offer mediation assistance in stabilizing the situation,” the document says.
The statement will be sent to the President of the Russian Federation, the Government, the parliaments of Azerbaijan and Armenia, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the CSTO PA, the IPA CIS, PACE and the OSCE PA.
Chairman of the State Duma
Viacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
asked the Chairman of the Committee on Issues of the CIS and Contacts with Fellow Countrymen Leonid Kalashnikov
Leonid Ivanovich
to inform the parliamentarians of Armenia and Azerbaijan about this statement adopted by the State Duma as soon as possible.
“We support the diplomatic solution to the conflict, as well as political decisions. We should do everything to ensure that our colleagues, the conflicting sides, hear each other and pay attention to this issue during negotiations even within the framework of the parliamentary dimension,” he said.
Viacheslav Volodin stressed that “the President is indeed doing a lot to settle such conflicts. And we should recognize his enormous contribution over the past years. But this does not mean that parliament should do nothing. Therefore, it would be right to do everything so that we will make a contribution to the settlement of the conflict and lower tension within the parliamentary dialogue and our communications.”
