The trilateral working group co-chaired by the deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia met yesterday (20 October) in Moscow for its eight session.
According to a statement by the Russian government website, the deputy prime minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Shahin Mustafayev, of Armenia, Mher Grigoryan, and of Russia, Alexei Overchuk, discussed the prospects for rebuilding transport links in the South Caucasus and looked at the next steps in keeping with the 11 January 2021 Statement by the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the prime minister of the Republic of Armenia and the president of the Russian Federation. The parties also agreed to hold the second part of the eighth session shortly.
This working group was set up in January 2021 following talks by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia with the aim of unblocking transport communications in the region and promoting economic links as stipulated by the 10 November 2020 tripartite agreement which ended last year's 44-day Karabakh War.