February 13, 2021 - 10:47 AMT
Deputy PMs of Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan talk via video call

The Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan – Mher Grigoryan, Alexei Overchuk and Shahin Mustafayev held a remote meeting of the trilateral working group on Friday, February 12.

During the sitting, the process of joint activity was discussed, and the schedule of work was agreed.

The Deputy PMs first meet in person on January 30 in Moscow to discuss new transport corridors that would link Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan. The members of the working group decided to set up expert subgroups on issues of railway, road, combined transport communications, security, border, customs, sanitary, veterinary, phytosanitary and other types of control.

New rail and road routes in the South Caucasus will connect the Azerbaijani Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan with the rest of the country, for which a road will be built through the territory of Armenia. There will also be road and rail routes through the territory of Azerbaijan to connect Armenia to Russia.