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Moscow awaits the formation of delegations from Baku and Yerevan as soon as possible to establish a commission on the border delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Thursday, TASS reported.

"As it was agreed in Sochi on November 26 this year, it is extremely important to work towards the creation of a bilateral commission on the delimitation of state boundaries between Azerbaijan and Armenia <...> We are also looking forward to forming national delegations from both countries as soon as possible," she said.

Zakharova stressed that the work on the unblocking of economic and transport links in the South Caucasus has been underway, adding that agreements achieved following the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in Sochi confirmed the countries’ readiness to move towards normalizing the situation in the region.

"The high-level agreements in Sochi confirmed the readiness of the leadership of Azerbaijan and Armenia for further steps towards the normalization [of the situation]. We have been working on their consistent implementation in contacts with both Baku and Yerevan, including the settling of border disputes as well as unblocking transport links in the South Caucasus," the diplomat concluded.