Putin: Trilateral group to unblock economic ties in Karabakh Dmitriy Novikov 30 https://static.news.ru/photo/5b113d76-5403-11eb-ade2-fa163e074e61_660.jpg Photo: kremlin.ru A special trilateral working group chaired by the deputy prime ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia will begin to deal with the issues of unblocking trade and economic ties in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, opening negotiations with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, The meeting is taking place in Moscow. Putin stressed that it is essential to outline the next steps in the main areas of the settlement, which are reflected in the joint statement dated November 9, 2020. In particular, these are issues related to the Russian peacekeeping contingent's activities, clarification of demarcation lines, solving humanitarian problems, and the protection of cultural heritage sites.