Washington to host three-day meeting between Azerbaijani, Armenian FMs

The US Department of State Spokesperson Matthew Miller has said that the talks between the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers in Moscow will take place from June 27-29.

"So, we certainly have a number of items we want to discuss. I’m not going to read those out publicly, obviously. They’re very sensitive diplomatic discussions that will take place here," Miller said in a press briefing on June 26. 

According to him, Secretary Blinken will meet with the foreign ministers from both Azerbaijan and Armenia. 

"We continue to believe that peace is within reach and direct dialogue is the key to resolving the remaining issues and reaching a durable and dignified peace," Miller said. 

Earlier in May, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan held negotiations on May 1-4 in Arlington, Virginia.

The Ministers were hosted at George Schultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. While in Washington they met with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

The ministers shared their views on the situation and stated their positions on existing issues related to the normalisation of relations. 

They and their teams advanced mutual understanding on some articles of the draft bilateral Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations, meanwhile acknowledging that the positions on some key issues remain divergent.

Both Bayramov and Mirzoyan expressed their appreciation to the US side for hosting negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The parties agreed to continue the discussions.