Armenian FM, top U.S. diplomat discuss regional security
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Friday held a phone conversation with Karen Donfried, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.
The officials touched upon regional security issues, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in its readout of the call.
“Views were exchanged on the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. Ararat Mirzoyan reaffirmed the urgent need to lift Azerbaijan’s illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor and restore its regular regime defined by the Trilateral Statement of November 9, 2020, without any preconditions,” reads the statement.