U.S. welcomes any 'good-faith' engagements contributing to peace and stability in South Caucasus
The United States welcomes any "good-faith" engagements that contribute to peace and stability in the South Caucasus regardless of where those talks happen, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on Monday.
His comments came after the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met on Monday in Tehran for talks also attended by their Iranian, Russian and Turkish counterparts.
The multilateral talks were held within the framework of the Consultative Regional Platform 3+3 launched in December 2021 in Moscow.
“So with respect to the Armenia-Azerbaijan question of it, we welcome any good-faith engagements that contribute to peace and stability for the people of the South Caucasus regardless of where those talks happen or who is hosting them,” Miller told a press briefing. “But that being said, we recognize the South Caucasus’ delicate geographic position regarding Iran and Russia, but we have not found these countries to be reliable partners, to understate matters.”