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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a new statement on Nagorno-Karabakh after the trilateral summit held on Moscow on Monday. 

The statement vows support to the proposal of Russian President Vladamir Putin on the creation of a trilateral working group under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Deputy Chairman of the government of the Russian Federation. 

According to the document, the working group is established 'to implement paragraph 9 of the declaration on ceasefire and cessation of hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region signed on November 9, 2020, in terms of unblocking all economic relations and relations in the field of transport in the region.' 

According to it, the  working group will hold its first meeting by January 30, 2021, based on the results of which it will form a list of the main areas of work, setting railway and road communication as priorities. 

To support the activities of the group, it is envisaged to form expert subgroups tasked with submitting a list of projects with justification of the necessary resources and activities for their implementation and approval at the highest level by the Parties within one month after the meeting of the working group.

By March 1, 2021, the working group will submit for approval at the highest level a list and schedule of activities involving the restoration and construction of new transport infrastructure facilities necessary for the organization, implementation and security of international transportations carried out through Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as transportations that require crossing the territories of Azerbaijan and Armenia," the final point of the statement said.