The situation with the "Russian House" in Baku may be resolved at a personal meeting of the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan. Deputy head of the federal agency Rossotrudnichestvo Pavel Shevtsov shared these thoughts.
According to him, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Rossotrudnichestvo are working daily to clarify the position of the Azerbaijani side.
Earlier, the head of the agency Yevgeny Primakov noted that Moscow and Baku are looking for a compromise on the resumption of the work of the Russian House.
"We have contacted the authorities of the republic several times, and this issue has been brought up at various meetings: how can we be registered as a legal entity? We all understand that Rossotrudnichestvo is a federal agency. Can we register a representative office of the federal agency as a local NPO? Legally, this is quite difficult. We were looking for some way to do this with our partners in Azerbaijan. So far, we have not found this way, but it is being discussed," Primakov shared.
In February, the Azerbaijani authorities sent the Russian side an official notification about the termination of Rossotrudnichestvo activities in the country. Before that, Baku.tv, financed by the Azerbaijani government, accused the Rossotrudnichestvo-controlled project "Russian House" of espionage activities, calling it "a hotbed of separatism and a nest of espionage." Baku also banned entry into the country of the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Tourism Committee Nikolai Valuev for insults and threats against Azerbaijan.
