Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that the forthcoming Karabakh consultations will help to make further progress in the settlement process. According to Gadin.Net, this was reported by RIA Novosti. Speaking at a meeting on Russia's peacekeeping operations in Karabakh, Vladimir Putin said that an agreement had been reached with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts to send a Russian interdepartmental delegation to both countries in the near future. According to the Russian President, the task of the delegation is to consider the most important issues of the implementation of the trilateral ceasefire statement of the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan on November 9. "I hope that the forthcoming consultations will help to make significant progress in these areas," Putin said.