 Complete the following phrase:  From 1918 to 1920 both Democratic Republic of Georgia DRG and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic ADR claimed its territory as theirs, but the dispute never led to an armed confrontation. On 26 June 1918, the National Council of the Zakataly Okrug issued a statement whereby for cultural, economic and religious reasons ... joining the Republic of Azerbaijan is the most appropriate solution for the Zakatala Okrug. Zakatala was represented in the Parliament of Azerbaijan by three members. After the fall of the ADR in 1920 and its Sovietisation, Soviet Russia recognized Zakatala as part of Georgia whose government granted these lands a degree of internal autonomy in exchange for the Georgian government legalising the activity of the Communist Party of Georgia, according to Kvashonkin. Following the 