Azerbaijan demands that Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan leave Nagorno Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov announced this at the press conference held as a result of negotiations with Sergey Lavrov.

“His (Vardanyan-ed.) activity is criminal and adventurous in nature. We think it needs to stop. And the sooner this person leaves this region, the better it will be for everyone. First of all, the local population suffers from it. Before his arrival, there were positive relations, and his factor is very harmful and destabilizing.

Bayramov noted that Ruben Vardanyan is a “foreign element” for the region.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in turn, noted that Russia has nothing to do with Ruben Vardanyan’s decision to settle in Nagorno-Karabakh and engage in political activities there.

“Mr. Vardanyan has nothing to do with Russia, the Russian authorities have nothing to do with him. At his request, the President of the Russian Federation signed a decree the other day, and he is no longer a citizen of the Russian Federation. We did not have, do not have, and are not going to have anything to do with his going to Karabakh and engaging in political activities there,” Lavrov said.