Monday, January 11 2021 20:54

ArmInfo.Following a trilateral meeting between Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Moscow on January 11, 2021, the following joint statement was adopted.

"We, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I. G. Aliyev, Prime  Minister of the Republic of Armenia N. V. Pashinyan and the President  of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin declare the following:

1. In order to implement paragraph 9 of the Statement of November 9,  2020 in terms of unblocking all economic and transport links in the  region, the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation  Vladimir Putin is supported on the creation of a tripartite Working  Group under the joint chairmanship of the deputy prime ministers of  the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia and the Deputy  Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

2. The Working Group will hold the first meeting until January 30,  2021, based on the results of which it will form a list of the main  areas of work arising from the implementation of paragraph 9 of the  Statement, setting railway and road communications as priorities, and  will also determine other areas as agreed between the Republic of  Azerbaijan, the Republic Armenia and the Russian Federation,  hereinafter referred to as the Parties.

3. In order to implement the main directions of activity, the  co-chairs of the Working Group will approve the composition of the  expert subgroups in these areas from among the officials of the  competent authorities and organizations of the Parties. The expert  subgroups, within a month after the meeting of the Working Group,  will present a list of projects with justification of the necessary  resources and activities for their implementation and approval at the  highest level by the Parties.

4. The Working Group, by March 1, 2021, will submit for approval at  the highest level by the Parties a list and schedule for the  implementation of measures involving the restoration and construction  of new transport infrastructure facilities necessary for the  organization, implementation and security of international  transportation carried out through the Republic of Azerbaijan and the  Republic of Armenia, as well as transportations carried out by the  Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, which require  crossing the territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the  Republic of Armenia. "