Armenian, Azerbaijani Leaders Meet in Russia for Talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan before a meeting with leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region's future at the Kremlin in Moscow on Jan. 11, 2021. Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Jan. 11 hosted his counterparts from Armenia and Azerbaijan to discuss reopening transport routes in the region that have been paralyzed for nearly three decades amid a conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

The talks came two months after a Russia-brokered truce ended weeks of fierce fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces that left more than 6,000 people dead.