Consular access has not yet been provided for the Russian citizens detained in Azerbaijan, said Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), RIA Novosti reports.

“I just spoke with our ambassador [to Azerbaijan]. He said that, unfortunately, consular access has not yet been provided to the detainees. And now, as we have already heard, to the detainees. We assume that it will be provided, it must be provided. Our diplomats are working in [the Azerbaijani capital] Baku, we are working here with our Azerbaijani colleagues,” the Russia MFA spokesperson said, in particular, Solovyov said on the air of Solovyov Live.