U.S. welcomes Turkey's 'productive role' in resolving Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan regularly discuss normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan and Armenia-Turkey relations, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has said, referring to Fidan’s latest remarks.
During his trip to Baku on Thursday, Fidan said peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia will have a positive effect on normalization between Turkey and Armenia.
"So I will say that in all of our conversations – or all the conversations between the Secretary – between Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Fidan, that is a topic that comes up for conversation – as part of the conversation. So I won’t give a specific readout, but that is something that they regularly discuss when they either get together in person or when they talk on the phone," Miller told a press briefing.
"We welcome Turkey playing a productive role in resolving this conflict. We agree with what the foreign minister said, that peace is possible and we would support direct talks between the two parties to achieve that," he added.