US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. File photoWASHINGTON, May 25. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, offered Washington's assistance in delimiting and demarcating the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the US State Department said in a release.» United States Blinken) and Prime Minister (Armenia Pashinyan) discussed a positive momentum for peace in the South Caucasus. Secretary Blinken offered US assistance in border delimitation and demarcation efforts and called for progress in developing regional transport and communications ties,» the statement reads. In addition, Blinken reaffirmed the readiness of the United States to help on a bilateral basis, as well as together with like-minded partners, in order to «contribute to the achievement of a long-term comprehensive peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.» At the end of September 2020, hostilities resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh, which became a continuation long-term Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and led to casualties and environment and civilian population. The parties made several attempts to conclude a truce, but the tripartite agreement reached on the night of November 10 was successful. With the mediation of Moscow, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to cease fire and exchange prisoners and the bodies of the dead. In addition to the territories lost during the hostilities, Yerevan handed over to Baku the Kelbajar and Lachin regions, as well as part of the Aghdam region, which since 1994 have been under the control of the unrecognized NKR. In addition, Russian peacekeepers have been stationed in the region.
Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met at the border
