US interested in hosting Armenia-Azerbaijan talks

The United States is interested in conducting talks on the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the US Department of State, said in a press briefing on Monday, answering a reporter’s question whether US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s invitation in December to the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to Washington was still pending.

“I don’t have any scheduling updates to offer, but we look forward to talking more about this soon,” Patel said.

He noted that “this is something that the United States and Secretary Blinken are interested in.”

“This is something that we’re going to work very hard to get across the finish line in close coordination with Armenia and Azerbaijan and the others who are working on this issue, including Coordinator Bono,” Patel concluded.