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Washington has consistently focused on the need to de-escalate tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan and set the two countries on the path to a "lasting, comprehensive settlement", U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told a press briefing on Monday.

His comments came in response to a question about the ongoing tensions involving the Lachin corridor connecting Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to Armenia after its blockade by Azerbaijan since Monday morning.

“We have consistently focused on this challenge, on the need to de-escalate tensions, on the need to set these two countries on the path to a lasting, comprehensive settlement," Price said. 

"We, of course, brought the two countries together at the foreign minister level here in Washington. We did that in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. And Phil Reeker, our senior advisor, has been actively engaged with officials in both countries to see to it that we are doing everything we can and, most importantly, that these two countries are doing everything they can to see to it that these tensions are de-escalated," the spokesman noted.