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The United States continues to work on peace in the South Caucasus, U.S. State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel told a press briefing on Thursday.

His comments came in response to a question about whether or not U.S. Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations Louis Bono is joining Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his trip to Germany for the Munich Security Conference.

“I’m not sure about his specific travels, but broadly, Alex, I think I’ve said this almost every time you’ve been in the briefing room, that peace in the South Caucasus is something that this administration, we continue to work on. It’s something that the Secretary himself is quite focused on as well. And so we welcome any efforts that will help us get to a durable peace, but I don’t have any travel or anything to preview,” Patel said.

Asked whether there is anything that is preventing Bono from travelling to the region given that he has been in office for more than two weeks, the spokesman said: “There’s certainly no barrier, but I will let – we’ll announce travel when we have it.”