Spiritual leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan won’t be able to significantly affect Karabakh settlement, according to CIS States Institute Yerevan subsidiary director.As political analyst Alexander Markarov told a news conference in Yerevan, “in current situation, the spiritual leaders can affect public opinion, promoting approximation of views of the countries’ civil societies. However, direct influence would be impossible, as resolutions of this sort are taken on political level.”

On November 29-30, Yerevan hosted the meeting of CIS countries' spiritual leaders. Spiritual leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan adopted a joint declaration, expressing the adherence of the parties to peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict.