US will continue to engage to facilitate discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the upcoming months.

“We’ll continue to engage over the next months to facilitate discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, bilaterally, with partners, and through multilateral organizations as well,” said Ned Price, a spokesperson for the US State Department at a press conference.

In response to a query regarding the meeting of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russia in Sochi, Ned Price said that the US was not a participant in this meeting: “So we, of course, were not a participant in this meeting. It is not for us to speak to. But to the latter part of your question, Secretary Blinken has emphasized this repeatedly, including when he brought the two foreign ministers together in New York. We are committed to Armenian-Azerbaijan peace and negotiations between the two countries. We believe direct dialogue is key to resolving issues and to reaching that lasting peace, and that lasting peace, by the way, that both countries have stated that they seek. So, we’ll continue to engage over the next months to facilitate discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, bilaterally, with partners, and through multilateral organizations as well.”