Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexei Overchuk on Thursday, April 1, the press office of the Armenian government reports.

The sides discussed the activity of the working group co-chaired by the Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, as well as the possibilities of unblocking the regional communications.

Among new communications being discussed in the South Caucasus are possible road and rail routes through the territory of Azerbaijan to connect Armenia to Russia. New routes could also connect the Azerbaijani Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan with the rest of the country, for which a road is set to be built through the territory of Armenia.

According to the press release from the Armenian side, the importance of implementing humanitarian agreements and the need to strengthen stability in the region were specifically emphasized.