Us State Secretary Remains Committed To Help Facilitate Peace In S.Caucasus
Date
7/12/2023 9:17:38 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 12. US State Secretary
Antony Blinken assured of his support for durable peace between
Azerbaijan and Armenia, trend reports.
"I spoke with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan yesterday
to reiterate my strong support for ongoing efforts to secure peace
with Azerbaijan. Direct dialogue and diplomacy are the only path to
a durable peace in the South Caucasus and I remain committed to
help facilitate," Blinken wrote on his twitter page.
Meanwhile, the negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia have
become more intense in recent months.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan held bilateral talks on
June 27-29 at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs
Training Center in Arlington, Virginia.
They met with US Secretary Anthony Blinken and
Assistant to the President and National Security Adviser Jake
Sullivan in Washington.
The ministers and their teams continued progress on
the draft bilateral Agreement on Peace and Establishment of
Interstate Relations. They reached an agreement on additional
articles and achieved mutual understanding on the draft agreement,
meanwhile acknowledging that the positions on some key issues
require further work.
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