Blinken personally deeply engaged in Armenia-Azerbaijan topic - State Department

YEREVAN, May 1. /ARKA/. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken himself is personally deeply engaged in Armenia-Azerbaijan topic,’ State Department deputy spokesman Vedan Patel told an April 30 press briefing.

He said Blinken has had regular engagements at regular intervals with both of these countries.

‘And our engagements with both of them are ongoing, and we continue to believe that a peace and – is possible here. And that’s something that we’re going to continue to work towards,’ Patel said.

He also said that the United States is deeply troubled by the continuing arrests of members of Azerbaijani civil society, most recently Anar Mammadli. ‘And we urge the Azerbaijani Government to immediately release all individuals who are unjustly detained,’ he said.

During the April 28 telephone call, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed with Blinken the Armenia-US relations, the April 5 trilateral meeting in Brussels, and the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process.

Blinken, in turn, reaffirmed Washington's support for Armenia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and welcomed the agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan to use the Alma-Ata Declaration as a basis for border delimitation.-0-

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