US Secretary of State hails Armenian, Azerbaijani FMs meeting in Tbilisi in call
Blinken encouraged continued “bilateral dialogue” and hailed the recent meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in Tbilisi, the Department of State said. Photo: GettyImages
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The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday hailed the recent meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Tbilisi in a phone call with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Blinken encouraged continued “bilateral dialogue” and hailed the recent meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in Tbilisi, the Department of State said.
He also reaffirmed support for “productive” EU-brokered discussions and noted that the United States had been an OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair since 1994 and stood “ready” to engage bilaterally and with like minded partners to help Armenia and Azerbaijan find a “long-term comprehensive peace”.
Georgian Prime Minister on July 16 welcomed the Azerbaijani and Armenian top diplomats Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov in Tbilisi. The meeting came amid the Georgian Government's Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative for the South Caucasus.
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Tuesday welcomed the meeting between the ministers of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Saturday.
The European Union supports the “bilateral decision” of Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, to hold their inaugural meeting in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, said on Saturday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Saturday welcomed his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov in Tbilisi, noting his "pride" on the Georgian capital hosting talks between the countries of the region.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Saturday discussed the former's Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative and its role in normalisation of relations in the South Caucasus region, as well as an upcoming meeting between Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart in Tbilisi.