Russia Officially Recognizes Artsakh as Part of Azerbaijani Territory, Zakharova

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, has urged not to take Medinsky's words about Artsakh out of context and to avoid attributing completely different meanings to them. She emphasized that Russia officially recognizes Artsakh as part of Azerbaijani territory.

She noted that Medinsky discussed the historical aspects and socio-cultural characteristics of the situation in his comments regarding Artsakh.

It should be recalled that Vladimir Medinsky, the assistant to the President of Russia, stated that if the conflict in Ukraine were to be halted along the front line without a real peace agreement, the region would turn into a huge