Yuri Kim
Washington D.C./08.09.23/Turan: The United State on Thursday urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to work together 'now' to "immediately and simultaneously open Lachin and other routes to get desperately needed humanitarian supplies into Nagorno-Karabakh," as the State Department's Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Yuri Kim put it, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
Ambassador Kim spoke separately with Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov on Thursday about Washington's serious "concerns over the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh," the State Department said.
"Opening routes and direct talks are key to resolving outstanding issues," the Department posted via its European and Eurasian Affairs Bureau X (formerly Twitter) account.
During her conversation with Bayramov, Ambassador Kim also welcomed the release of the three Armenian students.
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