The US has been trying to push back on any unilateral actions, particularly by Azerbaijan, that would only inflame the situation, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“I’ve been very actively and directly engaged with leadership in both Armenia and Azerbaijan trying to help advance prospects for a long-term political settlement in regard to Nagorno-Karabakh” he said in response to a question from Charman Bob Menendez.
The Secretary said he has phone talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as well as the Foreign Ministers just a week ago.
“We have been developing and promoting various confidence-building measures. We’ve been trying to push back on any unilateral actions, particularly by Azerbaijan, that would only inflame the situation, and we have a number of programs in place that are part of the budget to try to help advance more peaceful prospects,” Blinken stated.
