Washington D.C./18.02.23/Turan: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in Munich today, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
The meeting is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. local time, the State Department confirmed Friday evening.
No further details have been provided prior to the meeting.
Blinken last month spoke separately with both Pashinyan and Aliyev in a bid to restart direct negotiations between the two amid the recent setback in the peace process.
Alex Raufoglu
Politics
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