Ned Price
The Biden Administration on Wednesday claimed that it remains "deeply engaged" in diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan and is "prepared to do all we can to see to it that hostilities come to an end and that tensions are de-escalated," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said during his daily press briefing.
"Secretary [Antony] Blinken, Ambassador [Philip] Reeker, Assistant Secretary [Karen] Donfried, others in her bureau have had a number of conversations, including with Armenia and Azerbaijan, but with other concerned stakeholders and partners," Price told reporters.
Ambassador Reeker, senior U.S. advisor for Caucasus negotiations, is still in Baku and met with senior Azerbaijani leaders. Assistant Secretary of State Donfried spoke on Wednesday with Foreign Minister Bayramov.
Asked by TURAN's Washington correspondent about potential U.S.-facilitated meeting between the two sides in New York next week, Price said he wouldn’t want to detail the contents of ongoing conversations with senior officials, but "we have made clear to officials in both countries, to officials in the region, we have also made clear publicly that we are prepared to engage bilaterally as well as multilaterally, in any way that would be constructive to bring about an immediate end to this violence and more broadly a de-escalation of tensions going forward."
"We remain committed to doing all we can to promote a peaceful and prosperous future for the South Caucasus," he added.
Alex Raufoglu
Washington D.C.
Politics
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