Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, January 11 (Reporter Zhang Xiao) The Kremlin website announced on the 11th that Russian President Putin, Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan held talks in Moscow on the same day and signed a joint statement to support the establishment A tripartite working group helped to rebuild the Nagorno-Karabakh (Naka) area.
The statement said that the leaders of the three countries support Putin's plan to establish a tripartite working group jointly led by the three deputy prime ministers. The working group will be responsible for resuming economic, trade, and transportation issues in the Naka region.
During the talks, the leaders of the three countries also discussed the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in the Naka region reached on November 9, 2020, providing assistance to local residents, developing economy, trade and transportation, and other problems in the Naka region.
The Naka region is located in southwestern Azerbaijan, and its residents are mostly Armenians.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, war broke out in Azerbaijan and Armenia over the ownership of the Naka region.
In 1994, the two sides reached an agreement on a comprehensive ceasefire, but the two countries have been in a state of hostility due to the Naka issue, and armed conflicts have occurred from time to time.
On September 27, 2020, a new round of conflict broke out in Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Naka issue.
On November 9th of the same year, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement announcing a complete ceasefire in the Naka region from 0:00 Moscow time on the 10th.