The Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia and Russia, Mher Grigoryan and Alexei Overchuk, met in Moscow on Tuesday, April 19 and discussed the restoration of transport communications in the South Caucasus region.

The matter has been in the centerof attention of a working group under the joint chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan.

The parties also weighed in on topical issues of the Armenian-Russian trade and economic cooperation.

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.