Attempts to drive a wedge in relations between Russia and Azerbaijan in connection with the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane are doomed to failure. Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), stated this at Friday’s press briefing.

“Many want to seize some success in this, but there will be no success because the attempts to drive a wedge between peoples, between countries that have such a shared history, such a zone of responsibility, including regional and similar development prospects, all this is doomed to failure,” Zakharova said, RIA Novosti reports.

She added that Moscow is “ready to constructively resolve such problematic issues” in relations with Baku.