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The United States has reiterated the importance of opening the two supply routes to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), including the Lachin Corridor.

Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that the U.S. continues to work to resolve the situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

His comments came in response to a question about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest statements in which he “blamed” Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over the complicated situation in the region. Miller was asked to comment on the “conventional wisdom that he is trying to use the conflict to topple Armenia’s democratically elected president”, as well as reports about Wagner mercenaries being sent to Armenia to engage in that kind of activity.

“I will just say that we continue to work – I’m not going to respond to that comment. I’ll just say that we continue to work to resolve the situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the spokesman said, adding that Secretary Blinken has been personally involved in this, with “multiple conversations just in the past week.”

“We did note that in the last 24 hours one shipment of humanitarian supplies passed through the Aghdam route into Nagorno-Karabakh, and so we will reiterate our call on the specific question about the importance of opening both corridors into the country and as a more – as a short-term matter, and as a more long-term matter, the two countries coming to an ultimate agreement,” Miller noted.

One truck carrying humanitarian aid sent by Russia's Red Cross reached Stepanakert, the Artsakh capital, through the Aghdam-Askeran road on Tuesday.