The Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan – Mher Grigoryan, Alexei Overchuk and Shahin Mustafayev – held the first part of the 8th meeting of their trilateral working group in Moscow to discuss the unblocking of transport communications in the region.

The sides also weighed in on the implementation of the trilateral statement of the leaders of the three countries, signed on January 11.

They also agreed to hold the second part of the 8th meeting "in the near future."

The Deputy PMs of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan first meet in person on January 30 in Moscow to discuss new transport communications that would link Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan. New rail and road routes in the South Caucasus are expected to 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.