Blinken calls for direct dialogue between the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan
"In the Caucasus, we do welcome the resumption of direct dialogue between the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan," the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Thursday during his remarks at the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Stockholm.
"We urge them to make progress on humanitarian issues including detainees, demining, missing persons, with investigations of alleged human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law with the perpetrators held accountable. And I hope there, we can all work together including with Russia to continue to make progress," said the US top diplomat
He also urged all parties to resolve other outstanding issues like border delimitation and demarcation, the restoration of economic and transport links, and to continue to engage with the Minsk Group co-chairs for a lasting peaceful end to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.