Armenian and Russian lawmakers point at lack of alternative to  peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict   

ArmInfo. The second joint meeting of the Armenian National Assembly's Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and the Russian Federation Council's Committee on International Affairs will take place in Moscow in 2017, according to the Committees' joint statement issued in Yerevan. 

During the joint meeting, the Armenian and Russian lawmakers  discussed issues of economic integration and cooperation within the  Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), and expressed their intention to  promote international cooperation within the EEU. The sides also  pointed out the need for coordinated activities within international  organizations. "The sides intend to intensify cooperation to resist  various initiatives that contradict the states' interests," the  statement says.  

When discussing the joint efforts towards maintenance of regional  peace and sustainable development, the sides pointed at the lack of  alternative to the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict on  the basis of international law, UN Charter, Helsinki Final Act.   

The Armenian and Russian parliamentarians stressed the significance  of parliamentary diplomacy in supporting the international efforts  towards maintenance of regional and international security. "The  sides give high priority to the arrangements reached at the meeting  of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents in Vienna and St.  Petersburg, and consider any escalation in the conflict zone to be  unacceptable," the statement says. They also support the OSCE Minsk  Group efforts aimed at ensuring progress in the peace process.        

To note, the Russian lawmakers paid tribute to the memory of the  victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey by visiting  Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan.