Ned Price: US to continue interaction to facilitate discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan

The United States will continue to engage over the next months to facilitate discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, bilaterally, with partners, and through multilateral organizations as well, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price told a regular briefing, Report informs.

"We believe direct dialogue is key to resolving issues and to reaching that lasting peace, and that lasting peace," Price said.

The US official also commented on the Sochi meeting between President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

"So we, of course, were not a participant in this meeting. It is not for us to speak to. But to the latter part of your question, Secretary Blinken has emphasized this repeatedly, including when he brought the two foreign ministers together in New York. We are committed to Armenian-Azerbaijan peace and negotiations between the two countries," Price said.