ArmInfo. I hope that as a result of negotiations with Azerbaijan, Marat Ueldanov-Galstyan will be able to return to Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated this during a press conference following the results of the year.
"Issues relating to our citizens, who find themselves in a difficult situation in any country, including the CIS countries, are regularly affected during our bilateral contacts. Including, I dare to assure you that this particular topic sounded during the recent negotiations with Azerbaijani counterparts, "Lavrov said, expressing the hope that through dialogue, decisions based on legal norms, it will be possible to achieve" satisfying all results ". "And we can return this citizen to Russia," he said.
To note Marat Ueldanov, a citizen of the Russian Federation of Armenian origin, was detained in July 2016 in Azerbaijan on charges of "illegal acquisition, production, storage and distribution of narcotic drugs on a large scale".